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f traps and ?fatts. 1 ? The total number of lives lost by therecent wreck of the City of Columbus oft' Gay Head light, foots up 97 out of 12o passengers and seamen. This is the sixth vessel lost on the line from Boston to Savannah since the war. ? Senator Butler's resolution to allow each Senator a clerk at $G a day was agreed to 011 Thursday. It adds $18G to the daily expenses of the body, all of the Senators but 31 having had clerks before by virtue of being chairmen of committees. ??The Virginia Democrats have now secured a two thirds majority in both houses of the Legislature, a contested case having been decided in favor of the Democrat. This gives the Democrats the power to pass measures over a veto. ? Two gypsies, a man and his wife, named McMillan, were found dead in their tent near Huntsville, Alabama, last Friday morning. There were no marks of violence nn their bodies. The man had 52.300 on his person. The affair is involved in mystery. ? Efforts are now being made in Georgia to modify the Railroad Commission Act of that State. It is contended by many that its strict iron-clad provisions are doing damage to the railroad industries of the State, and driving capital away. ? The national executive committee of the Prohibition party have decided to hold a national convention to nominate Presidential candidates for the approaching election. The convention will meet early in May at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. ? The deaths in New York city during last year numbered 33,982, or about 4,000 less than in 1882, each month showing a decrease from the corresponding month of the preceding year. The births, as recorded, aggregated 28,972, or about 5,000 less than the deaths. ? Counsel for the ku-klux prisoners of Georgia are before the United States Supreme Court on the - constitutional ground that the court had no jurisdiction of the eases, and consequently their conviction was without warrant of law and is null and void. ? The hiuinofif failnroc fnp tho CPVdn rliUN AIIV w JIVliUi V>.' 1V1 V??V W ? V?? ending last Friday, as reported to R. (J. Dun & C'o.'s Mercantile Agency, number for the United States 287, and for Canada 80, or a total of 317 for the week, as against 42.7 for tjie previous week, a reduction of 108. The failures continue relatively heavy in the Western and Southern States and the Pacific coast, these three sections of the country accounting for about two-thirds of the total number. ? There are thirteen contested cases before the Congressional Elections Committee. Of these, tne records of but two have been printed and referred to sub-committees. Of the contests, Virginia has 3, Ohio 2, Kansas, Alabama, Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico and Montana each have one. At the last Congress twenty-two cases were considered and all were passed upon except that of Lee vs. Richardson, which hung in the House on the last day. ? Pennsylvania will be the first State to elect delegates to the Democratic National Convention, the State convention to elect delegates having been fixed for April 9. One of the members of the State committee insisted on an early convention for the reason that "Pennsylvania would adopt the same plank on the tariff as in 1882 and 1883, and thus lead the other States and thereby point the way for the national convention." A reference by one of the committee-men to a "solid delegation for Samuel J. Randall" elicited some applause. ? Two young men named Anderson and Snyder, were hanged at Mount Vernon, Indiana, last Friday. Snyder was 21 years of age and was a shiftless, idle fellow. Anderson was 17 years old, inclined to be in dustrious, but his associates were oau. They murdered in an exceptionally brutal manner, for the purpose of robbery, a boy of 17 named James Van Weyer in August last. Snyder's neck was broken, but Anderson was strangled. Anderson was composed and made a brief prayer, while Snyder was emotional and prayed aloud constantly. ? Fred Douglass, the well known colored leader, was married in Washington city last Thursday evening to Miss Helen M. Pitts, a white woman, formerly of Avon, New York. The wedding, which took place at the house of Dr. Grimke, of the Presbyterian church, was private, only two witnesses being present. The first wife of Douglass was a colored woman, who died about a year ago. The woman he married on Thursday is about thirty-five years of age, and was employed as a copyist in his office. Douglass hiipself is about seventy-three years of age, and has daughters as old as his present wife. ? Information from Montague county, Texas, is to the effect that the fence cutters are organizing offensive and defensive alliances and threaten to kill any county attorney who attempts to prosecute them for felony under the provisions of the new legislative enactment. Affairs in that locality are more serious than at any time since the be ginning of the trouble. The special committee on fence cutting appointed by the lower House of the Legislature will report favorably a bill making the wilful and wanton killing of sheep a felony; also, a bill appropriating ?50,000 to be placed at the disposal of the Governor for use in ferreting out crime and bringing criminals to justice. In the Texas Legislature last Monday, Representative Odon declared that in dealing with the fence problem there was a prevailing disposition to discriminate against the interests of West Texas, and that if justice was not done all sections he would be willing to see the State divided. ? George A. Wheeler, a native of Gorham, Maine, was hanged at San Francisco, California, on Wednesday of last week for the murder of his sister-in-law, Adele J. Tillson, by strangling, in that city, on October 20th, 1880. He was brought up a Quaker, but died in the Catholic faith and was attended by a Catholic priest. Wheeler's neck was broken and death was instantaneous. Not a muscle quivered. The female desire for notoriety manifested itself in this case in the person of Mrs. Stratton, a divorced woman, who frequently visited Wheeler in his cell, and who insisted on the night preceding the execution upon bemnwio/l tn him WIlfKilfr PYnrPSSPfl lllg 11JU1XAVU tv iiiux* f? ?.vv.v his willingness, hut the sheriff took measures to prevent the ceremony. ? Mr. Hardeman, of Georgia, has introduced a bill in Congress providing that no Territory shall hereafter be admitted into the Union as a State until its permanent population equals that required for a congressional district, commenting upon which the Philadelphia Record makes tne following remarks: "It would be improved if it were so amended as to require a permanent populption sufficient for two representative ratios. A State with one Representative and two Senators is lop-sided. In the Senate it can veto the will of four millions of people living in New York; in the House it has only a man-for-man opportunity to de-! clare itself. It ought not to have more votes to begin with in the upper than in the lower House. ? Since the beginning of the present ses-1 sion of Congress eighteen postmasters oi tne Presidential grade have resigned their office, six resignations having been received on one day last week. The officials at the Postoffice department declare that such a number of resignations in so short a time is i unprecedented. The reasons given for the J resignations are dissatisfaction with the recent readjustment, resulting in some cases ; in the lowering of salaries, and with the ; small allowances made by the department for clerk hire, office equipment and other items, which compels the postmasters to j spend their own means in the maintenance ! of the postal service. In the case of third- j class presidential postoffices no allowance is made for clerk hire, office rent or other expense, and the returns received at the department show that up to October 1st last the presidential postmasters, numbering three thousand, have paid $140,000 from their own salaries during the fiscal year for, clerk hire alone. ? Short hand writers are in great demand, I and the most expert command fine salaries in certain positions, but it is a mistake to suppose that mere proficiency in stenography is all that is required. The short-hand writer must be a good penman, and he must be thoroughly up in spelling, punctua tion .and grammar. A knowledge of business forms is also essential. Many business men are satisfied with slow snort-hand writers, as they get them at low salaries, j Very ordinary stenographers command $15 ' a week; a competent stenographer and j typewriter can get from $20 to $30 per week, and a few get $2,000 a year, but high sala- j ries are not paid for short-hand alone?the \ writer must have other qualities which i make him a valuable man to his employ-1 er. In Boston 250 persons earn their sup-! port by short-hand, while in Chicago it is ! estimated that the number will reach 1,000. j The young man who proposes to make I money as a stenographer must make himself something of a lawyer, a business man, and a thorough master of rapid composition and legible writing. ihc Ijtor&riUe inquirer. YOKKVILLK. S. V. : THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 31. 1884. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. In the Senate, on the 21st, the chair laid before that body a bill from the House making all public roads and highways postroutes. Debate on the Mexican treaty was postponed, and Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill amendatory of certain acts granting lands to railroad corporations. In the House, Mr. Calkins of Indiana, moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill providing that in any suit against an innocent purchaser of an article manufactured in violation of the patent law, if the plaintiff shall not recover twenty dollars or over, he shall recover no costs. Agreed to. In the Senate, on the 22nd, Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, from the committee on Indian Affairs, reported back adversely a number of petitions asking for the opening up of Oklohoma lands to settlement. On the conclusion of the morning business Anthony's resolution relating to the prohibition of American Jjork by France and Germany was called up and Beck proceeded to address the Senate. In the debate Beck, Logan and Miller of New York, participated. Beck's remarks were directed to the tariff generally and the insufficiency of retaliatory measures. Greater freedom to all commerce is what is wanted; that coming into the United States as well as that going into other countries. Logan was in favor of retaliatory legislation, as on the adulterated wines of theprohibitingcountries. Miller, of New York, thought the Senate should not act hastily in so important a matter. The objections made by foreign government, if well founded, should De respected and steps taken to remove them. The diplomatic correspondence on the subject would be before the Senate in a few days and the matter could be looked at fully. The resolution was finally adopted. As agreed to it reads : That the committee on Foreign relations be instructed to inquire into and report to the Senate such legislation as shall protect our interests against those governments which have prohibited or restrained the importation of meats from the United States. Beck's amendment requiring the committee to inquire into discriminations which may have been made against the United States by tariffs, treaties etc., was also agreed to. The following resolution offered by Mr. Hoar was also agreed to: That the committee 011 Postofficesand Postroads be required to inquire into the expediency of additional legislation to prevent the circulation in the mails of this country of lottery advertisements coming from foreign countries ; also in the expediency of providing by postal convention or C,. _ r\ V oni/1 oKllCO ireilllt'S IIJI nit; [JlCVCUUUii wi mill nuuov. In the House, a bill was passed authorizing the President to purchase and fit out three vessels for the relief of Lieut Greely's party in the Arctic regions; no limitation being placed on the amount to be expended. In the Senate, on the 23rd, Mr. Sherman offered a lengthy preamble and resolutions in reference to alleged political outrages in Copiah county Mississippi, and Danville, Va., in 1883, which, after being read were deferred. After some debate on the bill to provide a civil government for Alaska, the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Burnes, from the committee on appropriations, reported a bill to supply deficiencies in regard to the rebate of the tax on tobacco. Deferred to the committee of the whole and Burnes stated that he would ask action on it to-morrow. It appropriates $3,650,000 for the payment of the tobacco rebate. Mr. Aiken, of South Carolina, from the committee on agriculture, reported a bill establishing a department of agriculture. Referred to the committee of the whole. The House went into mmmittpp of the whole and considered the bills on the the calendar. Without passing any of the bills on the calendar or reaching action upon any other measures, the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 24th, the House joint resolution for the relief of the Greely Arctic exploring party was agreed to. Senator Jones, of Nevada, reported back, with an amendment, from the committee on contingent expenses, the resolution of Senator Butler relating to clerks for Senators. The amendment of the committee is that the clerks be appointed only for the session, and be paid at the rate of ?0 per day. The resolution was agreed to. The remainder of the session was consumed in discussing the Alaska civil government bill. In the House, Mr. Hewitt, of Alabama, from the committee on pensions, reported a bill granting pensions to the survivors of the Mexican and other wars. Referred to the committee of the whole. The House then went into committee of the whole on the bill making appropriations for the payment of the rebate on the tax 011 tobacco. The amendments reducing the amount appropriated were voted down and the bill was passed by 270yeas to 1 nay. In the Senate, on the 2oth, Mr. Blair introduced a bill "to provide for the free circulation of newspapers and other periodical publications within the State where tltev are published." Sherman called up his resolution 011 the Virginia and Mississippi election outrages, but their consideration was postponed. Senator Hoar then called up his bill, providing for the performance of the duties of the President in case of the death, resignation or removal of the President and Vice-President. It was read three times and passed. In the contingency referred to, the bill vests the right to perform the presidential duties in the secretary of State, or in case there be none, then in the secretary of the treasury, and in case there be no secretary of the treasury, then in the secretary of war, and so 011 through the Cabinet. The bill providing a civil government for Alaska was passed, and after executive session the Senate adjourned until Monday. The House proceedings were unimportant, and when adjournment was reached it was with the understanding that Saturday's session would be devoted to a discussion of the bill for the relief of Gen. Fife John Porter. THE RLAIR EDUCATIONAL BILL. The Senate committee on education took up the Blair educational bill last Friday, and approved with slight amendments all the features except that relating to the manner of distributing the money to be appropriated. Upon this point the Southern members of the committee urged that tho fund should be distributed through the State authorities instead of by Federal officers, as provided in Blair's bill. Senator Blair expressed anxiety to have the bill reported and a willingness to modify this feature of his bill, lie was thereupon authorized by the unanimous vote of the committee to draft the provisions covering this feature of the bill and report it to the Senate early next week, the members of the committee reserving the right to amend by new provisions if it did not suit them. The bill as it will be reported provides for the appropriation of $1">,OOn,000 the first year, decreasing one million each year thereafter for ten years. The provision of the bill which authorizes the teaching of industrial arts in schools to be established has been so amended as to make it mandatory when practicable. Any State not accepting the provisions of the act nor acquiring or retaining the right to dispose of its allotment, the same shall become a part of the general fund for distribution among other Statesand Territories. NEW PASSENGER RATES. The new passenger rates on the various roads of the State, as fixed by Section 1,4.31 of the General Statutes, under the new law, on the basis of the passenger earnings per mile of road, for the fiscal year ending June JO, lfisj, are as follows : Cents per mile traveled 1st C. 2d. Chil'n Atlanta and Charlotte A. L :? 21 2 Ashvillc and Spartanburg 4 H 2 Augusta and knoxville 4 :? 2 Barnwell 4 2 Charlotte, Columbia A Augusta...4 :? 2 Cheraw and Chester X. G 4 2 Chester and Lenoir N. G 4 a 2 Columbia and Greenville 4 2 Cheraw and Darlington 4 2 2 Cheraw and Salisbury 4 J 2 Charleston and Savannah 4 ;? 2 Laurens 4 J 2 J1 > * ? Port Royal and Augusta 4 3 2 South Carolina 3 21 2 Spartanburg, Union A Columbia..4 3 2 Wilmington, Col'mbia A Augusta..3J 3 2 There is a question about the rate on the Central Railroad of South Carolina, on account of the fact that it is leased by two roads, having under the Act different passenger rates. The Port Royal and Augusta Railway has submitted to the commission new rates on bagging and ties, flour, grain, fertilizers, cotton seed, cotton seed meal, common lumber and bricks, sand, clay and wood. These rates of course are higher than those now in force. They will be considered by the commissioners at the next meeting ot the board. SOUTH CAROLTNA NEWS. ? There are now twenty-four prohibition towns in South Carolina. ? The Ifaile gold mine, near Camden, employs 200 workmen and 13 steam engines. ? Lieut-Gov. Sheppard tells the Edgefield Advertiser that he will not be a candidate for Congress against George I). Tillman. ? Already some of the Cheraw dealers are laying in heavy stocks of corn for the coming season, the result of short crops. ? It seems now quite probable that Congress will pass a bill to erect a United States Court House in Greenville. ? Twenty-one carloads of fertilizer from Charleston was received in Anderson 011 Wednesday. Nearly every day brings from five to ten carloads. ? Arthur M. Mackey, at one time Solicitor of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and until recently a member of the Winsboro bar, will locate in New Mexico in a few weeks. ? On Wednesday, Joseph Heller, colored, 14 years old, was accidentally shot and killed by Thomas Murphy, white, about the same age, in Newberry county. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental killing. ? While Jack Richardson, colored, of Darlington county, was loading a wagon last week a 1 loI dropped out of his pocket and "went off," the ball passing through his arm and inflicting a bad flesn wound. ? Anderson Nesbitt, colored, had his arm sawed of at Nesbitt's saw mill on Tyger, in Spartanburg. He is the fourth man that has been sawed up at that mill in the last two years. ? A little girl nine months old, in the lower part of Spartanburg county, recently swallowed 22 pantaloons buttons ana 4 smrt buttons. She was not hurt by this gastronomic feat. ? The records in Fairfield county show for the month of January that 175 liens have been indexed against 86 to the same date of last year. A comparison of the figures shows that over twice as many liens have been taken to date this year as last. ? Gov. Hagood believes if Aiken will open the list by subscribing $30,000 to his Carolina, Chicago and Cumberland Gap Kailroad, other townships will follow and the road be built to the mountains, when a helping hand will be extended from the other side. ? The Pacolet Manufacturing Company in Spartanburg county, began to spin about a month ago, and last week they put some of their looms on trial. Everything is in fine working order, and in a short time they hope to have all the spindles and looms going. ? Governor Thompson has recommended to the President of the United States for appointmentment as Commissioner to represent the State of South Carolina at the New Orleans Exposition in December next, Hon. A. P. Butler, State Commissioner of Agriculture, and the appointment of Hon. \V. L. Maulden, of Greenville, as alternate. ? At Hamburg, about 1 o'clock P. M., last Monday, John Butler, a son of Colonel A. P. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, fell in front of a circular saw and his body was cut in twain. It is supposed that his overcoat caught in the saw, which drew him down upon it. Death was almost instantaneous. ? Col. Coward. State Superintendent of Education, has been visiting recently the counties in the eastern part of the State, examining into the working of the school system. After a thorough examination he expressed himself as greatly pleased with the forward march of the public school system in Darlington county. ? Barnwell People: Governor Hagood's Saluda stock farm has been conducted on business principles and is a pronounced success. Five hundred head of stock are kept all the year round, and in seven years only two have been killed by dogs, and none have been stolen. A shepherd and his well-trained dog bring up all the animals at night and pen them in secure and comfortable quarters. --- Two colored children aged one and four years respectively, were burned to death, at Ishmael Irick's plantation in Orangeburg county, Thursday. The mother went into a field to work, leaving the children alone in the house. Soon after the house was discovered to be on fire, and the children were burned almost to ashes before anyone could reach the place. The building was also totally consumed. ? The Pickens Sentinel prints particulars of an outrage which occurred in Dacusville townshin Christmas week. The news was suppressed in order that the offender might be captured, which he has not been. The victim was a fifteen year old daughter of Mr. J. H. Banks. She was assaulted by a negro while in the woods gathering evergreens, and so brutally injured that she is just now out of danger. Search for the negro has been unavailing. He is supposed to have escaped into North Carolina. ? Bock Hill Herald, Thursday: Richard Shurley, the colored man who is alleged to have robbed the U. S. mail near Walkersville, N. C., a point between Lancaster and Monroe, some time since, was arrested near Rocky Mount, Chester county, on Tuesday last by Special U. S. Deputy Marshals MeConnell and John Pride, and brought before U. S. Commissioner C. J. Pride at this place, who accorded him a preliminary hearing yesterday morning. The Commissioner fixed the amount of bail at $500, in default of which lie was sent to jail to await trial in the U. S. Circuit Court. , ? An attempt was made by the prisoners in jail at lvingstree, 011 the night of the 18th ] instant, to escape by setting tire to the jail, their intention being to assault the jailer, | when he came to put out the flames, and sej curing the keys, to thus make their escape. I One of the conspirators became frightened and the plan fell through. The Williamsburg Herald says : "The act certainly was a most diabolical one and had it been carried out in full, doubtless might have been a repetition of the terrible hollocaust of 1865, I where, under similar circumstances, twentyone prisoners were burned up in the jail j here." ' ? At the meeting of the State Board of | Agriculture in Columbia, last Friday night, I it was resolved "That the Commissioner of j Agriculture be instructed to communicate I with the Boards of Trade and officials of I .ii+ino <??>/! fniitnL! / ><" +1-W1 Wfo+Q It'ltta tllG Ill*; tltlt'O auu IUHIIO \Jl iliu nniiv j HUM I?tv I railroad authorities, the newspapers, the 1 agricultural societies and granges, successful agriculturists, manufacturers and miners, and such other persons as he may see fit, and solicit their assistance to the Department of Agriculture, and their contributions in making a creditable exhibition of the resources of the State at the New Orleans Cotton Centennial and Industrial Exhibition." Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C., January 28.?It gives me pleasure to again correspond for that excellent and interesting newspaper, the Yorkville Enquirer. It will be my aim tokeep its readers informed in regard to all matters of a public nature transpiring in this town and county. As Chester is growingcity-like in its dimensions and population, it is natural that the world in general, and our neighbors in particular, should desire to be kept posted in regard to its occurrences. The new Council, with Mr. \V. II. Hardin as Intendant, has gotten fairly under way, and is administering the affairs of the town in a very satisfactory manner. It is believed that in all their official relations they will have an eye single to the welfare of the town. It is hoped that the bad feeliiur engendered at the late election willsoon pass away. Nothing should bo done to keep alive this feeling, and everything done to allay it. Mr. R. M. Cross gives promise of making a most excellent Chief of Police. Violators of town laws need not expect any favors at his hands. Capt. Os. Barber was in town on last Wednesday. As he is the President of the Cedar Shoals Manufacturing Company, it was to be expected that he would nave something to say about that flourishing enterprise, lie represented its condition as being highly prosperous. Five Clement Attachments, he said, were now used in his factory, ancl arrangements would soon be made for the purchase of two or three more. He is a strong believer in the Clement Attachment. He thinks that it is only by this process that the best yarn can be made. His factory supplies the State Penitentiary with yarn. Capt. Barber also stated that the Fishing Creek Manufacturing Company was in a flourishing condition. The profits of this enterprise have been and are still being spent in putting in additional machinery, and otherwise adding to the value of the property. A number of new spindles and cards are now beinc nut in their nroner place by an expert. Intelligence was received here last week of the murder of John Copeland at Taxahaw, Lancaster county, on Saturday, 19th instant, by William Gregory and Russell Gregory. A reward of $100 has been offered by William Copeland for the arrest of the murderers. Whisky, as usual, led to the trouble. On the same day at Tradesville, seven miles from Taxahaw, in Lancaster county, W. ArmstrongFunderburk was killed by Williamson Gregory. Funderburk, it seems, some time ago shot Gregory, and afterwards agreed, with the view of settling the difficulty, to pay him $150. On the day of the killing Gregory demanded of Funderburk the promised money ; it not being forthcoming, theformerthen committed the murder, as already stated. A difficulty occurred on last Thursday morning between Mr. John Dunnovantand Mr. R. M. Cross, Chief of Police. In the scuffle that ensued between them a pistol was fired. Dunnovant was slightly wounded in the hand. The merchants of our town complain greatly of the dullness of trade. They say that they have done comparatively nothing since the beginning of the bad weather. It may be interesting to your readers to know that the old firm of W. H. Hardin & Co. has been dissolved. Mr. Hardin, who was for a long time President of the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, has retired from the mercantile business, and will hereafter confine himself to the cotton business and farming. He is contemplating a trip to Florida with the view of buying an orange grove. Mrs. Mary Walker, mother of Mr. Joshua Walker, died last week. Air. G. B. Montgomery, an old citizen of the eastern portion of this county, died a few days ago. Rev. George Summey, of Graham, N. C., has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian Church of this place. Mr. Krskine Mofi'ett, of our town, was married last Tuesday to Miss Motley, of Charlotte. It is rumored that several mar a . i-~ i r 4.K~ riages win soon uvko puure nere. iau uic good work go bravely on. Mr. Albert Douglas, a brother of Mr. Forest Douglas, of our town, died at Blaekstocks , on Friday last, and was buried here the next day. He has been for some time Mr. Johnson's book-keeper, and is said to have been a worthy gentleman. A man, who gave himself several names, was arrested here 011 Saturday, charged with the commission of some supposed crime, lie was held for several hours by the Chief of Police, and was then released, as there was no proof to sustain the charge. After his release a dispatch was received from Durham, N. C., instructing the police authorities to hold him, but the bird had flown. He is said to have misappropriated the funds of a sewing machine company, of which he had been agent. Rev. C. It. Hemphill, of the Columbia Seminary, preached a splendid sermon yesterday in the Presbyterian Church from the text: "There is 110 other name given unto men whereby they can be saved but the name of Christ." This is a disagreeable day, and few country people are in town. I hear that a difficulty occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Chester & Lancaster Railroad, train between this point and llichburg, between the conductor, Mr. John Moore, and Dr. Thomas Marion, of Richburg. The former received a painful but not serious cut in the shoulder. He will be able in a few days to discharge his railroad duties. m. Exn or the Guxthorpk Case.?The Court of General Sessions of Pickens convened on Monday of last week and adjourned on the following Wednesday. The only case of importance tried was that of the' State vs. Mrs. Martha Gunthorpe and her daughther, Mattie Gunthorpe, arrestedat Black's Station the latter part of last year, charged with infanticide. They were charged with taking the life of the new born child of Mattie Gunthorpe, in the town of Central, during the month of November, 1888. The evidence was circumstantial, and from the nature and secrecy of the offence it was next to impossible for the State to make out its case to the satisfaction of a jury. Nevertheless, some ugly eireumstani ces were brought out against them. Much interest was manifested in the trial, and the courthouse was crowded to its utmost I capacity during the progress of the case, which consumed a whole day. The case was given to the jury about 7 o'clock Tuesday night. The jury remained out a short time and returned with a verdict of "Not guilty." Railroad Earnings..?The December report of the earnings of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and the lines j operated under its management," has been j made out and given to the public. The ex! hibit for the lines in South Carolina is as follows: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?gross earnings, 1882, $80,8.31 ; 1883, $77,902; net earnings, 1882, $13,388 ; 1883, $27,088. Columbia and Greenville?gross earnings, 1882, $97,537 ; 1888, $65,570; net earnings, 1882, $52,438; 188.3, $33,736.?Columbia Register. ! LOCAL AFFAIRS. i> . ! C NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. jl W. ('. Latimer?Valentines. t ! IT. F. Adiekes?(.rent Inducements. L t (ferndon Brothers? Phosphate, Ac. Hunter A Gates?On West Liberty. j T. M. Dobson?The Old Chap Again. j ^ Withers Adickes?Fertilizers. i ( Only (id Cents. j J. lieatty Williams, Probate Judge?Notice. ( J. Ft. Sefiorb?It Stands at the Head. \ J. Beatty Williams, Judgeof Probate?Citation? . John A. Darwin, Applicant?Peyton 1$. ' Darwin, deceased. ? Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Ready-Made Clothing, Ac., Down in Prices. M. Strauss?Now is the Time. ' " RESIGNATION OF A RECTOR. Rev. Augustine Prentiss, Rector of the Yorkville and Rock Hill parishes, has tendered his resignation, to accept a call in InKac< Konn apnanfpil wiuiui. i iic irai^iiuiiuii imn uwu ^ by the churches of both parishes. uood prices* for grain. | ] At the administrator's cash sale of the j personal property of R. M. Lindsay, deceased, last Friday, corn sold at from 7"> to 7(>j cents, wheat at 95 cents, and oats at (W cents per bushel. The aggregate of the sale will reach near $3,500. J personal mention. ; Judge Witherspoon will leave to-morrow < for the purpose of presiding over the Courts of the Second Judicial Circuit, hisfirstterm ] beginning at Beaufort next Monday. The i Second Circuit includesthecountiesof Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Barnwell and ] Aiken. v/? rock hill post offic e. 1 By Washington dispatches we learn that ( on Friday last the Senate continued the nomination of Miss Buena Vista Wood for 1 Postmistress of Rock Hill, S. C. This is a 1 triumph for Miss Wood, who seems to have i been preferred by a majority of the business ^ men of that town, and against whose ad- 1 ministration of the office we have never 1 heard any complaint. ] netting and trapping partridges. The following is the full text of the law in force, passed at the recent session of the Legislature, making the netting and ' trapping of partridges unlawful: An Act to prevent the netting awl trapping of partridges except by persons upon their own lands: i Section 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person, except upon his own land, to net or trap a partridge. , D rnk..A tn/?liifitin> 1 llfcf'l'UIA 1 Hill cllljr jjuinwil VIUKlllllg this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of thirty dollars, or by imprisonment : in the county jail for the term of thirty days. Section .3. That this Act shall go into operation immediately after its approval. CHURCH NOTICES. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Robert Ijathan, Pastor. Services next Sun- ( day at 10.30 A. M. Sunday-school at 9 A. M. 1 Episcopal?Rev. Aug. Prentiss, Rector. 1 Morning service at 10.30 A. M., next Sunday. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Also, evening service. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening, next Sunday. ' Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services at Shady Grove next Sun- 1 day. J Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. 1 Services at Union next Sunday at 11A.M. ' At the church in Yorkville,at 7 P. M. Sun- * day-school at 3 P. M. ] COLORED METHODIST CONFERENCE. J The annual Conference of the Northern ] M. E. Church of this State was held in 1 Sumter last week, Bishop Bowman presiding. The attendance was large, and the | annual meeting is represented as having been highly satisfactory in every respect, j Benjamin F. Witherspoon and Henry F. McElwee, of York county, were ordained elders in the church. The following are * the appointments for Greenville district: E. M. Pinekney,P. E. Anderson, B. F. With- J erspoon; Anderson Circuit, II. C. Dennis; Broad 1 River, G. W. Beckham; Centre Circuit, L. L. i Townsend; Chester Circuit, A. Harris; Cowpens Circuit, Patrick Fair; Early Circuit, S. 8. < Thompson; Gaft'nev Circuit, E. Kirby; Greenwood Circuit, 8. A.* King; Golden Grove, X. C. | Davies: Greenville, J. B. Middleton ; Greenville Circuit, York Goodlett; Grier Circuit, A. Lewis; Liberty Circuit, B. Robertson ; Marietta Circuit, 1 C. T. Hopkins; Rock Hill Circuit, A. B. Frank- ] lin; 8t. Mark's Circuit, H. F. McElweo, Seneca . and Walhalla Circuit, J. R. Rosemond and T. J. J Clark; Spartanburg, X. T. Bowen; Welford < Circuit, 8. Thomas ; Westminster and Belton, A. , McLees; Yorkville, Glover S. Green. F. E. McDonald, for the past two years j pastor of the congregation of Yorkville, is assigned to Columbia; and J. R. Beckham, of this county, is assigned to Hickory Hill, '" tlrt.f uaitoi rlic-frlnf ill X lilt ivujai uioinvii j \C ATTEMPT TO*BREAK JAIL. Between 9 and 10 o'clock, lost Tuesday night, six of the eight prisoners confined in the jail at this place attempted to effect their escape. The Sheriff and the members of his family had retired to bed, and were alarmed by the shouts of those not in the plot, that the attempt was being made. Hastily drawing on his boots and pants and providing himself with a Spencer rifle and a revolver, the Sheriff, followed by his little ten-year-old son Jimmie, armed with a double barrelled shot gun, rushed to the third floor, on which the prisoners were confined. By the time the Sheriff reached the door leading from the landing of the stairs into the jail-room, there was much commotion J among the prisoners, who seemed to be con- l gregated in the ante-room of the prison I IIOOT. All weiu nuuut u[iuu mc ( I alarm, and more than one urged the Sheriff a j to open the door quickly, as an attempt had J j been made by some of the prisoners to break * | out. But the Sheriff did not deem it neces- 1 [ sary to make undue haste to open the door, j preferring first to sound an alarm, which f was promptly responded to by I)r. Allison, t ! his son Willie Allison, Mr. Dunlap, Frank ^ IK. Smith and G. T. Schorb, who live near c the jail, and when these gentlemen com- ' ! menced making their appearance, the Slier- I ; iff announced himself ready for business, \ I and ordered every prisoner to the cells, t | warning them that when he opened the 1 ' door he should shoot the first man who pre- i 1 seated himself near the door except by his a permission. e The tumult among the prisoners subsided 1 ! at this turn of affairs, and they quietly j slunk away. The Sheriff then called a 1 white man named Medlock, recently com- > mitted from Itock Ilill for the illicit sale of f whisky in that town, and he came from his 1 cell to the ante-room. Medlock was not in t i the plot, and was one who sounded the alarm s ! 5 % ?nAil A li A /tnmn fn f lin n nfn_ I n , ill J^UUU lUllli. ivuvi ii\j kiiiiu iu tiiu antv | vj room and assured the Sheriff' that the pris-1 i oners had retired to the passage between j j the rows of cells, and by the Sheriff's direc- j 'J tion had closed the iron grating of this pas-i1 sage, the Sheriff, again to give fair notice, j v repeated his warning as to what would j t be the consequences if any of the prisoners j I (excepting Medlock) made any demonstra-1 r tions when he opened the door. By this time quite a number of persons, I a attracted by the alarm that had spread over f the town, assembled at the jail, the general' impression being that the building had j f< been set on fire. The Sheriff then opened , c the door leading to the cells, and found 11 Medlock's representations correct. The in-11 subordinate prisoners had subsided, and the ; v Sheriff proceeded to secure them in their fi respective cells. fi On investigation, it was found that two of c them, confined in the dungeon, by their r combined strength, had forced open the door, j s gaining access to the passage. By wrench-1 v "" T ng the hasps of another cell they gave an-' i )ther prisoner egress; and this was repeated : intil three more gained the passage, when ; he united strength of the six forced open i lie door opening from the passage to theane-room. From this room they went into j, ,vhat has been known as the debtor's room, tnd with the iron hasps wrenched from the ell doors, commenced to drill a hole in the vail (on the east side of the building.) Hut ittle progress had been made before the sheriff was apprised of the operations. While they would have failed to drill a Kile through the thick brick wall, with the neahsat their command, the Sheriff's tlieiry is, that being foiled in the attempt, ;heir next recourse was to have him open :he door, when they would rush upon him, drike him down with an iron bar and make their escape. But he proved himself better in strateirv than his prisoners, and still holds the key to the situation. DEATH OF DR. J. 11. CLAWSON. J. Harry Clawson, M. I)., a native of Vorkville and the second son of the late W. r.C'lawson, Ksq., died at the residence of his mother-in-law, Mrs. E. S. Hires, in Baltimore, on Friday last, 24th instant, in the 16th year of his age. l)r. Clawson took a special course in Wofford College, after which he entered the University of Maryland, in Baltimore, graduating with distinction from that institution. The first year after his graduation he was a student in the University Hospital, after which he was appointed to the position of assistant resident physician in the University, dis hiirfrino his dutiesncnentahlv for two vears. n?n c ?-*/ ? - %j lie then returned South, practicing his profession for a short while in Yorkville, and returned to Baltimore, where he practiced a year and a half. He again returned South, locating in Spartanburg, where he continued to reside until last July, when he returned to Baltimore, broken in health, and gradually grew worse until death ensued. He married in Baltimore about live years ago, and his wife and onechild survive him. Dr. Clawson was a young man of tine parts, and was highly esteemed by his friends and associates. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, with which he united in this place about the year 1872. His body, in charge of relatives from this State, who were with him in his last hours, reached here by railroad last Friday evening, and on Saturday was buried in the cemetery at this place, the services being conducted by Rev. T. R. English of the Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. Augustine Prentiss, of the Episcopal church. V BURGLARS CAPTURED. For more than a year past, a number of burglaries and robberies have been committed in this section, including Mecklenburg county, N. York", Chester and Fairfield counties, in this State, which, for their aurlacity and the bold and skillful manner of their execution, induced the belief with many that a gang of regular city cracksmen had migrated South for the purpose of plying their vocation in the rural districts. For months past, "the robbers" have been a source of terror, not to unprotected or lonely houses in the country merely, but the citizens of the towns in the counties named above have been in a state of uneasiness at the prospect of their dwellings or places of business being ruthlessly entered and plundered in the dead hour of night. It is a pleasure to know, however, that so far as concerns the future depredations of one gang at least, the community may have no further fears; and what may astonish many is the fact that the bold robberies recent!v committed in Yorkville, Chester, Winns-1 boro and other places, were not conceived ind carried out by professional city looters, but by native citizens of African descent. The gang consisted of four persons, three of whom are now under arrest and in jail, viz.: Jim Gillespie and Henry Lane, in jail in Charlotte, N. C.; and Louis Broomfield, who was committed to the jail in this place last Thursday, on the charge of burglariously entering the dwelling house of Mr. D. M. Faris, in this county, about one month ago. By those who knew Broomfield, and were familiar with his lurking places, he had been long looked upon with suspicion, and bis arrest, at an earlier date, was prevented -inlv hv hi* shrewdness in evading* those who were on his trail. But his arrest was jflectecl o1* Tuesday of last week, in the following manner, as related by the Rock Hill Herald: "On Tuesday last, he appeared at Neelv's ferry, in the Catawba River, about eight miles above Rock Hill, and was put across the river bv Sam Neely, the colored ferryman. This was just after laylight. Thence he went to the house of the ferryman, situated a short distance from the river, n Fort Mill township, entered and took a seat at he fire. In a few minutes an old colored man tamed Henry P. Potts entered the building and liseovered and spoke to Broomtield, whom he vnew well. The old man at once determined ipon his capture, and after walking carelessly ibout the house for a few minutes he left and set ,o work to organizo a posse. lie soon collected i band of five colored and two white men who irmed themselves with shot-guns and muskets. Stealthily approaching theferryman's house they nanagecf to surround it before' Broomtield knew vhat was going on. Discovering their presence, lowever, he ran to the front door with a cocked ; listol in his hand, but as he did so Potts leveled i cocked musket and commanded him tosurrenler. Seeing the old man had thedropon him, he limped back into the house, closing the door afer him, and ran toward the back door, but dissovering armed men there also, he pitched his listol out into the yard and told them he would five up. Ho declined to go out of the house, lowever, without some one accompanying him, is he was afraid the posse would shoot him. Alen Weir, colored, finally went in and led him < >ut, when he was tied and brought to this place , md turned over to the authorities. The posse iresented quite a warlike appearance as they 1 narched into town with their old muskets and ihot-guns, and it is safe to say that 110 prouder . land of warriors ever trod our streets." After being taken to Rock Hill, Broomiekl made a voluntary statement, implica- ; ing as the other members of his gang, rim Gillespie, Henry Lane and Babe Dix>n, and indicated the locality known as 1 'Logtown," in Charlotte, where they might 1 >e found. The authorities in that city 1 vere immediately notified, and acting on 5 he clue thus furnished by the officers at lock Hill, they had no difficulty in find- < ng two of the men?Gillespie and Lane? ] md a large quantity of stolen goods secret- < id in the house named by Broomfield in 1 lis statement. 1 On Saturday last a representee of the < 3x<iUiREK, in company with the Sheriff, dsited Broomfield in the jail and asked i or an interview. He readily presented J limself at the Sheriff's summons, and 1 he reporter was somewhat surprised at ? eeing, not a vicious, savage looking negro c ?f middle age, but to the contrary, a rather a ntelligent young man of only twenty-three ? rears?one young in age, but old in crime, t ?he reporter frankly told Broomfield that 1 ' - t- 1 iU..i I c le hacl come to interview mm, anu unit i o whatever statement he might make would t >e published; and that he could exercise t lis own free will in regard to giving a state- t nent for publication. t "You mean a full history of my life ?" ? sked the prisoner; "that would take too t ong." s On being assured that we wanted only a t ew of the more interesting episodes in his ^ areer, he proceeded to say that he is now t wenty-three years old. He was born in c ']bene;;er, in this county, and his mother c ras a slave of Thomas Thomasson. Broom- i eld is of dark copper color and about five j aet ten inches high, of intelligent mien and r an read and write. lie narrates his expe- t ience in this world very nearly in the s ame nonchalant manner that a traveler a rouhl relate his obervations on an extend- f ed journey, or an old soldier recount his adventures in war. His statement had about it the air of any professional speaking in his regular line. He first detailed the circumstances of his capture, and his statement was so nearly identical with the above extract from the Ilerald, that we adopt it. lie then said that he had been sentenced from this county to the penitentiary for two terms of one year each?first in 1877, for grand larceny, and again in 1881 for house-breaking. He served out the full period of each sentence. It was after his return from serving the last sentence that he joined the band then composed of Babe Dixon, Jim Gillespie and Henry Lane. Jim Gillespie is also a native of York coun ty, naving Deen raised oy me late mcnaru Gillespie, in the Clay Hill section, and Lane hails from Raleigh, N. C. Babe Dixon is a native of York, his father having been the slave of Edward Avery, Sen., of Ebenezer. Broomfield joined these men in June, 1S82, but was not, as has been published, the leader of the gang. They had no recognized leader, but acted in unison and upon plans mutually agreed upon, and all shared the profits of a robbery equally. He says the first job of importance they undertook after he joined the gang, was the robbery of the store of J. R. Lindsay & Co., in Yorkville, in November 1882. This was planned by Jim Gillespie. Besides Gillespie's general knowledge of locations in Yorkville, being familiar with the place, he visited the town one day, and after making special observations, decided that Lindsay's store offered the strongest inducements. He returned to headquarters in Charlotte and reported the scheme, when all four of them started on foot for York-. ville. They .stole a wagon ana two norses on the way?from Johnson Ray, in Mecklenburg county?and after thus equipping themselves with a team and wagon, they drove rapidly, crossing Catawba river at Xeely's ferry late in the afternoon. Arriving here that night, they drove up in front of the store, and observations of the manner of securing the back door having been previously made, the work of boring so as to effect an opening by which to remove the fastening, was butthe work of a few minutes. To use his own words, they "loaded up the wagon pretty well," and very rapidly, and were soon on the road to Charlotte, crossing the river at the same ferry about daylight the next morning. Arriving at Charlotte, the wagon was unloaded at the house above alluded to in Logtown, and they kept the team and wagon concealed until night, when they were driven back to the owner's premises. Broomfield says he did not enter Mr. Lindsay's store himself, but remained on the outside with the team and to keep watch. These goods, as other booty stolen by them, were sold clandestinely in Charlotte, mainly by a woman recognized as Jim Gillespie's wife. Broomfield says this was a good haul. Of course, he could say nOthinry nf +V>?i ituirlroi \roliw, ftf tJio or>nH? Sitnlpil. 411f5 yJ k VI4W UitH X\V/ 1/ Y(HUV \j k HIV gVVMW www.w. y nor what was realized from their sale, but the lowest estimate C'apt. Lindsay could make on the articles stolen was $(>00 at cost price. Broomfield claims that this is the pnly store that he had any connection with robbing in Yorkville, though he says the other members of his gang robbed Mr. J. W.P. Hope's store before he joined them, or while he was in the penitentiary. Among other robberies committed by his gang, he mentioned the store of Mr. McGinnis, in Mecklenburg, X. C.; Mr. Len Wood's store at Clay Hill in this county, taking from it$75 in cash; Mr. Caldwell's house, near Charlotte, and the houses of two negro men in this county last June. Though Broomfield says that he never entered any dwelling house himself. In his narrative, he remarked, en passant that one Sunday last summer, in open day light, he went into a store at Lowrysville, but didn'tsee anything hardly worth taking except a pair of pants and a pair of shoes. TT IL-i kh. rie Buys unit nit: iuuuci,y ui oiiimi ajewelry store in Chester, last month was, perpetrated by him and his three confederates, and the articles taken therefrom were all taken to Charlotte and sold. They tried another store in Chester a few nights subsequently, but before an entrance could be effected they had to desist on account of persons passing on the street. Their latest exploit of any note was the robbery, week before last, of a "large fine store," as he expressed it, in Winnsboro. "Here," he said, "we made a good haul." Subsequently they entered the store of L. M. Davis at Rock Hill, which Broomfield says he was connected with, and his partners burglarized Baxter Caldwell's house in Mecklenburg. It is for this burglary that Lane and Gillespie are in jail in Charlotte. The store entered in Winnsboro was Phillip Landecker's, and since the arrests were made he has gone to Charlotte and identified, among the recovered goods, a large part of the goods stolen from his house. It is probable that Lane and Gillespie will be taken to Winnsboro for trial for this offence. On being asked about the robbery of Latta's clothing store, in Charlotte, and the residence of I)r. Norment, in the same city, on New Year's night, Broomfield denied any knowledge of either. He says he was not in Charlotte on that night, and if any of his gang were connected with one or both of these robberies, they had never told him of it. The only escapade Broomfield had in North Carolina was in the Inferior Court of Mecklenburg, where he was tried before Judge Waring on the charge of house-breaking, and acquitted. He was guilty, and the warrant of arrest was in his own proper name, but on the trial he claimed that his name was Charles Youngblood. which could not be controverted, and accordingly he was icquitted. "Urnnmflohl n.nrl his nssonifttos sire harden }d in crime, and if we may believe that portion of his story relating to the stealing )f Mr. Ray's team and wagon, in order to "acilitate the robbing of Lindsay's store, ,vhat they lacked in skill was certainly ;ompensated in daring and recklessness. An instance of Broomfleld's audacity is elated by Trial Justice It. T. Gillespie, [-lis store, near Clay Hill was entered one jright, moonlight night about a year ago, ilthough within a stone's throw of his 1 welling. He even heard the crash of the vindow, but on account of the bright night, md the silence following the only crash hat was made, he suspected nothing wrong, jut attributed the noise to the horses in the table, and gave the matter no further atention until the next morning, when on enering the store he discovered that it had >een broken into and robbed of about seveny-five dollars' worth of shoes and clothing. Suspicion fell upon Broomfleld, who was hen lurking in the neighborhood, but a earch warrant failed to connect him with he crime or disclose the thieves. A few veeks after the robbery, Broomfleld applied o Mr. Gillespie to perform the marriage eremony between himself and a Charlotte :olored damsel, which he did, without payng strict attention to either of the bridal larty; but after they had left, a person faniliar with the goods in the store identified he pants worn by Broomfleld on the occaion of his marriage as a pair stolen on the ibove night from the very man who perormed the marriage ceremony for him.