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J>traps and Jfacts. ? Sergeant Bates is a sad, dismal tramp. Returning tothe North, he said "that among the upper classes of the whites in the South is a growing feeling of liberality and toleration, but among the lower classes there is a violent hatred of the Union and the North, and the flag he carried was the subject of a great deal of abuse and derision." ? The business failures in this country occurring during the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 193 and for Canada 42, total 235, against 246 the preceding week?a decrease of 11 failures. The decrease is all in the United States, as Canada has two more failures than last week. ?The following incident will mark how things will be after awhile when twelve good women get on a jury: "The proprietor of a bar room was placed on trial in Washington Territory, under an indictment for keeping a disorderly resort. Seven women were on the jury and all were firm for conviction, and the five men stood doggedly for acquittal." ? While Judge Wright, of the Georgia Supreme bench, and Attorney General Ely were discussing an old case in the rotunda of the Markham House at Atlanta on Wednesday, Judge Wright arose and slugged Ely with the dexterity of a Sullivan. They were separated and steps were at once taken to settle the dispute according to the method in vogue among gentlemen. A board of honor is now in charge of the case. ? Last year the loss of property in the Ohio valley was estimated at fifteen million dollars. In actual property destroy itjJUit, """ .ymK jmaAunt U.-UC lost; in indirect damages to business stopped, postponed, etc., seventy-five million dollars would be nearer the mark. The floods will cause more loss at and above Cincinnati and less below, for precautions were taken lower down and the water was no higher than a year ago. Three fourths of the iron furnaces, foundries and mills on the Ohio Valley have been inundated. This is true at Louisville, the lower end of the Ohio Valley list of iron centres, of which Pittsburg is the upper end. ? The committee appointed by the Senate to investigate the alleged political outrages in Copiah," Miss., returned to Washloot Uotnrdav Sonntnr .Tnnas. nf lll^vuu mov kHiwuiuwj 7 ? Louisiana, a member of the committee, says that a full investigation shows that the killing of Matthews grew out of a personal difficulty, and there is no evidence to indicate that national politics entered into the dispute. It was simply a local election trouble. There has been no session of the courts there since the trouble occurred, and there is every reason to believe that justice will be administered when the Court meets in April. He says there was not the slightest necessity for a Congressional investigation. ? The great building at Salt Lake, which the saints have been twenty-eight years in constructing is approaching completion. The main walls are done. It is built of granite, which is hauled from the mountains back of Salt Lake on great wagons or trucks, with wheels twelve feet high. The walls are 10 feet in thickness and 85 in height. It has cost up to this time $4,500,ivKint. Vioo Koun nnllontorl h\' tho tiHiincr V\A/j VVIUVll HOD UVV U VVilVVkVU WJ Vi?v 0 tax. It will require six years more to finish the work. Probably no other church building in the United States has been constructed in a way to secure such durability as is possible to this. Some of those who predict the early ruin of the Mormon hierarchy are wondering what use they can make of this temple. ? A peculiar case involving the validity of slave marriages was decided in theCommon Pleas Court of Toledo, Ohio, last week. A colored man named Anderson married here in 1883 and was thereupon arrested for bigamVj it being charged that he was married while a slave to a slave woman in Bedford County, Virginia, in 1861. The case hinged on the validity of the slave marriage. The Judge instructed the jury, that slaves, being property, could not make legal contracts, but the courts had decided that a wlanr? miMTiAg? Wmns\ valid by cohabitation as man and wife after me %mnrcrpaT!un proclamation went into effect in 1864. The case thus turned on the question of fact whether the pair had co-habited or not, as shown by the evidence. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. ? In the Criintnal Court of Louisville, Ky., last Friday, Thomas Crittenden, a son of ex-United States Marshal Crittenden, and a grand-son of John J. Crittenden, the noted Kentucky statesman, was sentenced to three years in the nenetentiary for killing a negro boy named Rose Mosby, at Anchorage, Kentucky. Crittenden is a wild, reckless youth, continually getting into trouble. The negro had testified in court against him, and when they next met, Crittenden killed him with a shot gun. The sentenced man is related to the Governor of Missouri, and on account of his family, the best legal talent of the State defended him. The case has attracted much attention here. It was doubtful if the jury would convict Crittenden for the murder of the negro and the decision was watched with intense interest. ?A Greenville, Miss., dispatch of Saturday says: For several days past the weather has been unfavorable for tne safety of the levees. Yesterday news reached here that early in the morning a crevasse occurred on the lower end of the levee in front of Hughes's place in Bolivar county, thirtyfive miles above Greenville. The levee is a very large one, and the break is 350 feet wide, and is enlarging. The plantations behind will be overflowed. The water will then flow through Clear and Shell Lakes into Phalia Bayou. Last Thursday two breaks occurred in Columbia levee in Arkansas, twelve miles above Greenville. The plantations in that vicinity will undoubtedly be overflowed. The river has been at a stand still for the past three days, and is now five inches higher than last year, and ten inches lower than in 1882. ? The latest, noveltv in Paris is a nrivate circus, which is owned and managed by M. Molier. The arena, which is as large as that of the public establishment of the same kind in the Champs Elysees, presents the appearance of the square of some Spanish city, the spectators occupying the places of the windows on the balconies of the surrounding houses, and the effect is heightened when, as on the first night, these balconies are crowded with the prettiest women in the capital, escorted to the evening's entertainment by the most distinguished representatives of the Paris clubs. The troupe is composed of amateurs, professionals being excluded, and includes a number of horsemen and horsewomen, gymnasts and clowns, nearly all of them M. Molier's own pupils. The proprietor himself rides -H- - iil l,rta l,.wl lilt' Illt'llltsuiut nuioca iiiab lie lino nnvi the patience to train. ? The greatest stqrm this season in the North-west occurretl on the 27th ultimo A St. Paul, Minn., dispatch says: On the Manitoba line, high winds prevailed, but the snow has not drifted much, and the main line was not obliged to run snow plows to-day. The branches were not open for business and thetrainson the main line were geneially late. At St. Vincent the mercury was twenty-nine degrees below zero, and at Winsor, on the Breckenridge division, it was ten degrees below. These extremes cover the range on all the lines. On the Northern Pacific trains are running, but there was a detention twenty-four hours by a wash out. The mercury is seventeen degrees below zero in Dakota and thirty-five degrees above in Montana. The storm continued nearly all of last night west of Dakota with the thermometer ranging from twenty degrees below zero, but it is over now. The weather was cloudy and cold, with some snow all along the Omaha line. ? Minister Hunt, who died in St. Petersburg, Russia, on "Wednesday of last week, was born in South Carolina but emigrated to Louisiana during the nulification troubles, all of his relatives being opposed to the doctrines of Calhoun, and in consequence in disfavor politically in their native State. Mr. Hunt was a student of Yale College and for many years occupied a distinguished position at the New Orleans bar, His family is prominently represented in the legal and medical professions. One of his brothers, Randall Hunt, was for many years the leader of the bar of New Orleans and of the Whig party in Louisiana; another brother, tne Hon. Theodore G. Hunt, was for several terms a leading j member of Congress in New Orleans. Ii 1878 Mr. Hunt was appointed a judge of th< Court of claims and unanimously confirm ed by the Senate. When Gen. Butler tool : possession of New Orleans, one of the fire Union men to greet the advent of the na tional troops was Judge Hunt, and it is saic ! he was the main reliance of Generals Butlei : and Banks. In 1870 he was the Republicar j candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Lou j isiana on the ticket with Governor Packard ! When Garfield was inaugurated as Presi| dent Mr. Hunt was appointed Secretary 01 i the Navy, in which position he served unj til the death of the President. He was j then appointed minister to Russia by PresI ident Arthur and discharged the duties ol I the post with credit to himself and country. j?hc fiflrfevillc (Sfopim. TOItKVII.I.R. S. <'. : ! THURSDAY M0RNIN6, MARCH 6, 1884. SENATOR HAMPTON'S VIEWS. Senator Hampton has been -interviewed bv the New York Herald on the nnnroaphjnc T'rpjiTfl^iiCarTiQmpAign, ftlul from the report he has evidently been thinking over the strength of the Democratic party in the South and the Republican party in the North. He is reported as saying that it would be a good idea to leave to the six doubtful States?New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Nevada and California?the task of selecting the Democratic candidate and constructing the platform. While Ohio has invariably chosen the Republican electors, the fact that she is now the only October State makes her vote doubtful and therefore to be the more earnestly contended for. Nevada and California were Democratic in 18S0. Indiana and Connecticut in 1878. New Jersey in 18(54, 187G and 1880, and New York in 1868 and 1876. The tariff issue is now supposed to eliminate Connecticut from the list of doubtful States in favor of the Republicans, leaving ninety-four electoral votes to be contended for in the six doubtful States, forty-eight of which, added to the vote of the solid South or the solid North, would determine the result. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 25th, a lengthy discussion ensued upon Mr. Ransom's resolution to appropriate $100,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the recent great wind storm in the Southern States. After the reference of this resolution to the committee on appropriations, the Senate resumed the consideration of the currency bill, and it was passed as reported from the committee on finance, with the addition of Morrill's amendment extending the provisions of the act to banks which had been organized for the purpose of !t.on!n/f notou novohlo in wilfl iOOUi 11^ UViVQ wwiv ?*? In the House, under the call of States a number of bills were introduced, among them one by Mr. I)owd, of North Carolina, appropriating $50,000 for the relief of sufferers by the late cyclone in North Carolina. The bill for creating the Bureau of Animal Industry was then discussed. In the Senate on the 2Gth, the committee on military affairs reported favorably the House bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter. Wilson, from the committee on postofhces and postroads, reported favorably the bill to prohibit the mailing of newsnaners containing lottery advertisements. Placed on the calendar. A resolution expressive of thanks to the English government for the present of a vessel to be employed by this government in the search for the Greely Arctic expedition was adopted without debate. The bill to authorize the construction of additional steel vessels for the navy was discussed until the hour of adjournment. In the House, the session was devoted to the consideration of the Bureau of Animal Industry bill. In the Senate on the 27th, Van Wyck offered the following resolution, for which he asked immediate consideration : That the /"l n.wl D?L.f PAnrK v .uiuiu i lift- uii j. U3i wuii.ro iiiiw i uou xivuuo be directed to inquire whether at any time the Western Union and Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Companies, or any officers or employees of said companies, have entered into a contract or negotiation for the purpose of consolidating the said companies, or making a combination for any purpose. Referred. Sherman, from the sub-Committee on Privileges and Elections, submitted a report to the effect that that committee were unable to continue its work, because there was no money with which to pay witnesses. A joint resolution appropriating money for the committee had, Sherman reported, been sent on the 21st of February to the House of Representatives, and had not yet been acted upon by that body. The Secretary of the Senate had refused to pay vouchers lor the expenses 01 a numuer 01 witnesses, on the ground that there was no money available for that purpose. The committee, had, therelore, declined to summon further witnesses, and would suspend work until funds were provided, when they would continue and speedily complete the investigation. The House bill repealing the test oath was taken up and passed, after being modified by amendment proposed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, providing that no person who had held a commission in the United States army or navy before the war and was afterward engaged in military, naval or civil service of the so-called ! Confederate States, shall be appointed to I any position in the army or navy of the United States. j In the House, Lefevre, of Ohio, offered a j resolution reciting that speculation and I gambling in American farm products have ! obtained control of the market value ol j those products, and directing the Committee j on the Judiciary to prepare a bill prohibit ing the purchase or sale of wheat, corn, cotj ton, provisions or other articles of prime | necessity, unless an actual transfer of arti, clesor warehouse receipt accompanies such I action. Also a bill authorizing such gov; ernmental interference as will give stability to the price of those commodities. The bill ;nrr Uni-uoii nf Animal Tnrlnclrv I viuami^ niv x/uivuu v* was discussed until adjournment. In the Senate on the 28th, the bill to authorize the construction of additional vessels for the navy occupied the greater part of the session. In the House, the bill creating the Bureau of Animal Industry was passed. Publit business was then suspended and the House proceeded to pay an appropriate tribute te the memory of D. C. Haskell, late Itepresentative from Kansas. ! In the Senate on the 29th, the resolutior introduced by Ransom making an appropriation for the relief of sufferers by the reeenl storm in the Southern States was rejected having been reported adversely by the committee on appropriations. The naval bill occupied the day, and when the Senate adjourned, it adjourned until Monday. In the House the postoffiee appropriation bill was reported and referred to the committee of the whole. In the House, on the 1st instant, the daj was devoted mainly to the consideration 01 the bill for the construction of additional vessels for the navy. i I THE CONFEDERATE DEBT. \ 1 ' - We have received a pamphlet entitled, : "The Confederate Debt and Private South-11 k i ern Debts," by J. Barr Robertson ; printed j. . I in London, February 1st, 1884. The eonclu1 j sions of the writer regarding the Confederate ! < r i debt are given in his introduction as follows: I: 1 "I have no pretentions whatever to be a .; lawyer, and therefore the following obser vations must be regarded as simply and 1 " solely that of a financier and a man of busi' ness. The conclusions arrived at in the fol" lowing pages are that the Confederate States ' ' had only belligerent and not international ' rights ; that the Confederacy, being an ille' gal corporation, according to the United States law, could not issue bonds which ' would be valid against either the United 1 fir Hi?-? lpfrnl Slhitp (invprrnriMnts tin- 1 Soutli ; that, therefore, neither the cotton ( bonds nor the dollar bonds have any validi- i ty whatever as Confederate debt in the ab- 1 sence of the Confederacy; that there is notli- > ing in the opinions and cases adduced in support of the bonds which really conflicts with this view of their Illegality in the Uni ted States ; that the equities arisising out of ) the original controversy between North and ' South, and not being cognizable by any * court, are reserved as subject matter for consideration by the United States, and are 1 therefore outside the scope of the present ( discussion ; and that there is in the dollar t bonds an omitted international claim against the United States for payment of private { , debts owed by Southern citizens to Euro- ^ peans at the beginning of the war and which . are now represented by dollar bonds that were sent to them as the only means of re- . mittance from the Southern States; and 1 ,__JJ > > ? -?-? -1 > citizens not engaged in the war and of Eu- ' ropeans for property taken by force and for ' , which Confederate bonds were compulsorily tendered are not in any way affected by the ? fourteenth amendment and therefore ought i ' to be paid by the United States." ' ECHOES OF THE CYCLONE. j ? \V. S. Ingraham writes to the Charlotte Observer to say that he was not killed in s Randolph county, N. C., by the cyclone, as j reported. He was not traveling in the < track of the storm. ^ ? The cyclone destroyed every house on < Mr. X. Z. Felder's place, near Bamberg. His family was buried in the ruins of the . dwelling house, but all were rescued and , none were dangerously wounded. ( ? The Xew York World thinks that John j Sherman outrht to have the cvclone investi- . gated with a view to ascertaining whether ' it treated blacks and whites impartially. It may have been a Democratic cyclone direct- ( ed especially against colored voters. ? The Union (S. C.) Times says that in the i Fish Dam section of that county the suffer- . ing from the cyclone is truly jaeart-rend- \ ing in many cases. Not less than a hundred r persons were made houseless, without food clothing and no means of procuring these and other necessaries. ? Robert Mingo, of Midway, Aiken coun- ( ty, a colored parson, weighing 200 pounds, ( was blown 200 yards by the cyclone. At the ' edge of the swamp he caught a small bush ' and held on faithfully until the storm was over. His overcoat was blown four miles. 1 His house was destroyed and several of the inmates painfully injured. ' ? Mr. J. C. Munday, who resides about ( half a mile from Windsor, Aiken county, ! was greatly surprised on Wednesday last to j fine his field strewed with the debris of the ] 1 storm, although his place is situated many 1 miles from its actual track. Quantities of ( moss and bark from trees in the swamp, clothing, bedding, and portions of a buggy, ] besides numerous other articles, were scat- i tered over his field, although nothing on 1 his place was injured. ] ? A rough estimate of the loss by the storm in the section of Darlington C. H., 1 will be ten thousand dollars. A good many J that have lost their houses will not be able i to rebuiltl without assistance. A commit- < tee here have raised about $400 or $500, but that fund has been only applied to those 1 that were wounded by the storm. Those whose only loss has been their houses and ] furniture are vet without any relief. Out- < L side aid is needed I ij ? Three more deaths are reported from j Cabarrus county, N. C., of parties injured < by the cyclone. Mrs. Elizabeth Robeson, i Mrs. Ferguson and daughter Lizzie, all ] living near Pinoneer Mills, are the victims. I One of the parties had a leg broken, an- ' other an arm, and the other was injured i about the head. Lizzie Ferguson, one of i victims, leaves two small orphan children, 1 one six months and the other two years old, without any one to care for them. It \ has been suggested that a little aid could ( well be bestoyed upon the unfortunates in 1 Cabarrus, and especially upon these little ( children. I ? A gentleman in Lancaster county, S. C., i , the morning after the tornado, found lying r , on the road two fishes of the pike or jack f 1 species, about eight inches long and in a 1 live state; quite two miles from any stream. ( 1 A correspondent of the News and Courier ( asks how came they there? and could they ] have been caught up from some creek or 1 mill pond by the tornado and carried i through the clouds to the place where they < were found? The News and Courier replies that such is possible, but suggests as more probable that they were dropped by some careless or frightened fisherman. To which , the Wadesboro, N. C., Intelligencer says: ? "Very well, so far as the Lancaster fish arc ? concerned ; but now, dear friend, we want ? tn lml?> iic nut t\f ? littlf trnilblo ! HpV- 1 J WW iV ..V.^ v,. ~ oral days after the cyclone a darkey was plowing in a field of Dr. Battle's about sixmiles from Wadesboro. The land was low and flat, like the place where the Lancaster fishes were found, and at one time had been the bottom of a sort of pond, but was then comparatively dry. From six inches beneath the surface the darkey plowed up a live fish, some twelve or fourteen inches I long, and of an unknown species. This is I a fact. Some folks might not believe us, j but there is not a man in Anson county who j would question Dr. Battle's word. Will the jYew# and Courier kindly tell us how i that fished happened to be embedded in the earth, how he managed to get along with, out air or water, and also what kind of fish it was?" THE CIIERAW OUTRAGE. A Cheraw special dispatch of last Friday i to the News and Courier says: Our town marshal, W. H. II. Richards, who was so ruthlessly shot down on the streets of ('heraw, on the ?3rd instant, by W. B. Cash, ' after lingering in great agony for nearly a week, died from his wounds this morning at half-past 3 o'clock. Richards was a member of Company G, Thirtieth Massachusetts Veteran Volun| teers, and was promoted to a first lieutenan. cy for gallantry. lie was also a member of Chatham Lodge, American Legion of Ilon! or, of this place. His tragic end is a matter for deep regret, not only by this community, . in whose service he was murdered, but by , the whole State, on whose fair name this crime will he a blot in the eyes of her sister j States. ! 1 The coroner has been sent lor, and an in quest will be held to-day, and it is to be - presumed that it will result in some honest I effort to capture the murderer. Mr. Coward, the unoffending bystander, j who was wounded by one of the bullets intended by Cash for the town marshal, lies in ! o \xipv nrofurinim condition, his lower limbs > being paralyzed, and in all probability this 1 ? shocking tragedy will prove to be a double 1 j murder. ] A later dispatch gives the following addi- i (j tional particulars of the ending of this sad s 5 j tragedy : i ' The jury of inquest was impanelled to- 1 >: day at half-past 1 o'clock and adjourned for J < . | the hearing of evidence until half-past 7 j I this evening. In the interim Drs. Kol- 1 lock, James, Wilson and Waddill proceeded , s to perform the autopsy. The autopsy re- j * "1 vealed the fact that the ball had entered the j t left side, penetrating the fourth dorsal ver- j. , tebra. Spicuhe of the bone were also driven 1 . into the spinal marrow. The examination s i of four witnesses, whose evidence differed r in no material points, was then made. Up- 1 ' on the conclusion of the evidence the jury j1 rendered the following verdict : "That W. 1 i H. H. Richards came to his death from a ! 1 . pistol shot in the hands of W. B. Cash on the ! ( 23rd of February." i Mr. Richards leaves a wife and three small .< children. lie came to Cheraw with the first i ^ garrison sent to this town in 1865, where he j i I married and has since resided. js James Coward, the other victim of Cash's s reckless disregard of life aid of law, is a re-1 spectable young man, a natveof Marlboro' I county and a brother of Ml Coward of the ; firm of Coward & McInto.?h, merchants of , this place. 11] The funeral services, urner the auspices j' of the Legion of Honor, ofwhich order Mr. 1 i Richards was a member, were held at the ! .1 Baptist Church this aftermon, the pastor, | the Rev. Mr. Hlckson, offbiating. rl he at- j tendance was large, all paces of business j ^ being closed. i] A Cheraw dispatch in tie Columbia Rey- I ister of Tuesday, says: Tie physicians at- j tending James Coward are ly no means satisfied with his present condition. They had fioped that by this time a change for the j letter would have taken place, but instead, lis symptoms are constantly growing more ilarming. While the physicians are rath- j ?r reluctant to converse on the subject, it is r generally believed that Mr. Coward's death nnlv o riMcsfinn nf tiinn PfLSh has 110t U fet been arrested. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ?Two small negro children were burned A) death in Abbeville county last week. ' The parents were not about the house when I t caught fire. ' 1 ? All the newspapers that have spoken < :hus far favor the selection of candidates for j Jongress by primary elections in each Disrict. s ? Charleston had a hard freeze on Friday md the strawberries and green peas on the ;ruck farms are put back and seriously damiged. ? The Gaffny Carolinian learns that there < s an old-fash joined bar post in Union coun- ( Jowpens. ?The residence of Lieutenant-Governor Sheppard, at Trenton, Edgefield county, was destroyed by fire at five o'clock last rhursday morning. Most of the furniture ( was saved in a damaged condition. Fully nsured. ? Two illicit distilleries were recently destroyed by Dr. Ensor?one a seventy-five gallon still, found in Panther Mountain, ireenville county, and the other a twenty ! gallon "copper," on Broad River, in York :ounty. ? Charles So well stabbed policeman Campjell in the left breast in Camden last week, while resisting arrest. He also split one )f Campbell's hands open with his knife, lie has been held under heavy bond for his ippearance for trial lor assault and oattery with intent to kill. ( ? The dwelling and outhouses of the Rev. i Simpson Brummond, near Woodruff, Spar- ( ranburg county, were burned on last Monlay morning. The fire commenced about J o'clock. Its origin is unknown. Butlit:le of the furniture and bedding was saved. There was no insurance. ? Brooks Lathem, colored, alias Brooks Ferguson, was shot last week by the officers ( )f the law in Pickens county. He was jharged with housebreaking, and when the )fficers attempted to arrest him, rati and ! was fired upon, receiving a fiesh wound, which it is thought will prove fatal. He j made his escape. ? A negro man living in the Mars Bluff leighborhood took his gun to go hunting ( me day last week, and went to throw it iver his shoulder with a swing. As usual in such cases the gun went off', depositing the load in his abdomen, causing a wound I from the effects of which hesoon afterwards died. j ? A few days ago a tobacconist, Mr. J. R. i Rierson, of Hal ton, N. C., was robbed of $61 i few miles from Laurens, by his negro driver, Bill Locknow, who hails from Winston, is. C'. Mr. Rierson and his driver were 1 sleeping in the wagon, and some time during the night the negro slipped the sum of money from under Mr. Rierson's head and , immediately decamped. He was captured in the Laurens Railroad train by Conductor 1 Meredith and has been lodged in jail at Lau- ( rens for trial. ? Mr. Jay Could arrived in Charleston ' last Saturday morning by the fast mail train m the Northeastern Railroad. He came in miuia llui iuiirnev J from Jersey City to Charleston in saietyanu jomfort. He was accompanied by his wife, ind by his two younger sons and daughter. : Mr. Gould and his family drove directly i rrom the Northeastern depot to Boyce's j vharf, and went directly on board of his ( /acht, which has been anchored at Charles- ( on for several weeks. Mr. Gould and his amily are on their way to Florida. ? By a blunder inthedrawingof the juries or Lancaster the recent term of the Circuit 2ourt for that county was adjourned on Wednesday evening of last week?the third lay of the term. There was little or no Dusiness transacted in the Common Pleas, 1 lothing but orders and matters of course. The lawyers and everybody else expecting i long term of the General Sessions were ( :aken somewhat by surprise when it was , leveloped that the juries were illegally ' Irawn, and the homicide cases were post- 1 [joned. The judge went tohishomein Barnveil 011 Thursday morning, and will have nore than a week to rest before the Chester , I'ourt opens. , THE FREQUENCY OF TORNADOES. A correspondent in Augusta, Ga., asks us ,vhy tornadoes are so much more frequent ind disastrous in the United States than for- 1 nerly ; whether the atmospheric conditions < ire changed, and if so are thechanges "like- ] y to continue to produce the same results?" , Though these storms may not have in:reased greatly in frequency, as is generally supposed, there is good reason to believe i.ot thou oro riMVL' ?niYip\vh:vt mnrrt frpnnent . md disastrous than formerly. The essential ( ondition of the birth of a tornado is the mdden formation of a belt of strikingly 1 variant temperatures. These conditions ' ire realized when the polar winds can, with- i >ut topographical obstructions, approach j he vapor laden equatorial currents on the nargin of a barometric depression. What- ' iver tends to remove superficial obstruc- i ions to a rapid coming together of opposing varm and cold currents facilitates the gen- ' ^ration of tornadoes. Were the Mississippi Galley a smooth surfaced, treeless waste it vouki present the best topographical condiions for the formation of these desolating : yclones. The denudation of the soil which J s now going 011 at a rapid rate must appa- ently have the effect of augmenting in * >ome degree the number and intensity of ' ornadoes. The deforesting of the country ] lrained by the great lakes also may have j he effect of increasing the ascensional move- . nent of the air over this vast area in suinner, thus causing the barometer to fall and ] nducing the freer and more violent north- . .vard rush of the tornado-bearing currents rom the Gulf. ( If, however, this outlook is not encourag- '< ng the knowledge gained in late years of ;he origin, formation and normal move- ; nents of the tornadoes, as well as of the j neans of safety upon their approach, is considerable. Were local telegraphic weather ] services established in the storm ravaged |1 listricts there can be little doubt that the 11 eports thus obtained with the aid of the na-; ] :ional weather telegrams, would enable lo-1 ( ;al meteorologists also to proviso and sue-1 ess fully predict the occurrence of many of! Vio niftcf fotnl iVftr Vovk I Herald. " j i ], Tiik Gallows.?Wm. Moore, colored, I, ivas hanged at Franklin, La., last Friday,; for the murder of Lee Annan, a Chinaman, j' ast spring. Moore expressed his willing- j1 less to die. At 12.18 p. m., the trap was * sprung. After hanging about half a min-! jtc it was discovered that the rope was too long. The feet of the culprit were resting m the floor. He was raised to the platform, 1 :he rope shortened and a minute later the :rap was again sprung. The fall was not ] sufficient to break his neck and he died of ] strangulation in ten minutes. At Lancaster, Ohio, K. O. Luke and W. I. Luke, who, with Laban Stephens, had aeen found guilty of the murder of Anderson Lackey were hanged on the same day. 1 The minister made a prayer lasting full lialf an hour. The drop fell at 1.12 p. m. < Wm. Jones struggled, Tbut Luke was still, iiis neck being undoubtedly broken. The < jody of Jones swung around, his legs being 1 lrawn up till they touched his brother's f )ody, causing a shudder of horror among the s spectators. The bodies after the usual med- ] leal examination, were cut down and placed i n the hands of their friends. There was i ioine talk in the crowd of lynching John- I >on who is in jail for a recent murder. i Xi OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. dcElwee ?fc Darwin?Turkeys Wanted. fohn C. Kiivkendal?The York Drugstore Man Discourseth on Debt and Credit, jatta Brothers?Peerless Cotton Seed, f. Beatty Williams, Judgeof Probate?CitationJames B. Heath, Applicant?D. R. S. Blake, deceased. 1\ B. Met,'lain it Co.?A Bargain for the Ladies, bis. B. Allison, Clerk?To Highway Surveyors, -kirish it MeKnight?The Best Oiler of the Season. [. Beatty Williams, Judgeof Probate?Citation? J.*II. Wylie, Applicant, Thus. G. Wylio, deceased.' ilunter it Dates?At the Mammoth, r. F. Adickes?Millinery, Millinery. T. R. Lindsay it Co.?In order to Reduce our Stock. iiddle it Pegram?Just Received. P. M. Dobson?That Old Chap. (no. A. Darwin?Administrator's Notice. firs. Walker it Cartwright?Dental Surgery. Mr. STRICKLAND'S CONDITION. We learn by a note received from Dr. Latimer, one of the attending physicians, ;hat on Tuesday last the condition of Mr. Strickland, the man who was shot at Clover ;hree weeks ago, is not so favorable. His condition is considered critical, tne danger ipprehended being abscess of the liver. / EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT. The Governor has re-appointed Col. Wm. H. McCorkle, of this place, Supervisor of Registration for York county. In his previous discharge of the duties of this office, Col. McCorkle has given no cause to voters of either party for complaint,and his re-apPhe'cmui?!' e'vo "onem' satisfaction in V ' REQUISITION. The Sheriff started on Tuesday evening last for Charlotte, N. C., armed with a requisition from the Governor of South Carolina, for the delivery to him of Soloman McLean, colored, charged with burglary in Fort Mill township. He has the order of the Governor of North Carolina on the Sheriff of Mecklenburg for the delivery of the accused. SALES-DAY. On Monday last?sales-day for Marchbut one piece of property was sold, viz.: the land formerly belonging to the estate of Vincent Parks, deceased, and conveyed to W. Holmes Hardin by the Sheriff, by virtue of an order of the Judge of Probate of York county. Sold by virtue of an order of the Circuit Judge at the suit of W. D. Parks vs. W. Holmes Hardin and G. L. McNeel. Bought by Jas. F. Hart for $2,500. CIIURC'H NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Services next Sunday, in the fhiin-h at Yorkville at the usual hours. morning and evening, by Rev. L. A Johnson. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Preaching by the pastor at Mt. Vernon at 11 A. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Robert J^athan, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. There will be no service in this church next Sunday. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sundayschool at 9.30. BONN IK MKYEU COMBINATION. The Bonnie Meyer Combination Comedy Company is playing an engagement in Yorkvilie the present week. This company is under the management ot Mr. J. H. Thome, one of the best comedians on the stage ; and Mrs. Thorne (Miss Bonnie Meyer) is unexcelled in the various roles in which she appears. As Fanchon, she is the equal of any impersonator of the character we have ever seen ; while Mr. Thorne, as Dirfier. in the same Douular and pleasing nijunlly jwrftwit in hid n??* U? I ody Audly's Secret, the principal characters are well presented by Mr. and Mrs. Thorne, and they are well supported by actors of fine ability. The company is a good one in every respect, and general favorites in South Carolina. CODDLE CHEEK CIICKCH. "We regret to learn of the accidental burning of Coddle Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterrian Church, Cabarrus county, N. C., on the 24th ultimo, just after the close of the services or that day. The supposition is that dry leaves around the church were iirnited bv a cigar thoughtlessly thrown down among them. The church was large and was built of the best pine lumber the country afforded forty-five years ago, and was painted inside aud out. The present Pastor had preached there without any change or interruption in the pastoral relationshipsince the first sabbath in December, 1850, or about one-third of a century. The work of re-building will begin at once. Contributions for this purpose may be sent to the pastor, Rev. John E. Pressly, Coddle Creek, N. C.; or we will take pleasure in forwarding any sums that may be left at this office for that purpose. CLUB-MAKKKS?PREMIUMS. The time limited in which persons were authorized to form clubs for the Enquirer expired on Monday last. The following club-makers having returned and paid for the number of subscribers opposite their names respectively, are entitled to the premiums in accordance with our offer: J. X. Roberts 1(>8 Mrs. \V. IT. Moore 104 ['. M. Smith 72 R. I,. Wallace 71 IV. (). (x lover I!7 2. A. Dorsett 57 llrainerd McLure 52 J. (). Gwin 40 I. D. Gwin 48 L. CI. Grist 87 Mrs. I). A. Lumpkin 22 D. T. Lesslie 15 J. A. Flannigan 13 D. F. Jackson 12 Joseph Black 10 Maj. M. Smith 10 Miss Mattie Pegram 10 I. IL B. Jenkins 10 Besides the above, u number of clubs of less than ten were formed, which do not enter into competition for any of the premiums jffered, and hence arc omitted from the ibove list. According to our published offer, Mr. J. N". Roberts is entitled to the premium of a nuggy; Mrs. W. II. Moore to the sewing machine; and Mr. C. M. Smith to the cooking stove. Those entitled to other premiums, under our offer, who have not yet signified their choice, will please notify us at nnce, of their selection, so that we may or:ler them promptly. According to our published prospectus, no ? ??? "".vinLi nrill Kn .1 ilrbul til anv nf thonlinvp dubs; but until further notice any of the ibove club-makers, or others desiring to do io, may form new clubs at $2 per annum? the subscriptions to be invariably paid in idvance. f DEATH OF REV. JAS. WILSON. The Southern Presbyterian of last week thus announces the death of Rev. James Wilson, a venerable divine, who was well known in this community, having resided here for a number of years with his son, Itev. L. II. Wilson, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian church of this place : Mr. James E. Wilson, of Nashville, Tenn., writes us that his father, the ltev. James Wilson, the venerable ex-missionary to In3ia, fell asleep yesterday week, the 13th instant. He says: "I write to announce the ;leath of my father, Rev. James Wilson, which occurred on Wednesday, the 1.3th instant, at my brother Luther's in Tyler, Texts. He had gone there last fall to spend the winter, with the expectation of coming here in the spring and making his home with ny family, and his remains are now en route l.o be buried here. My brother John was ilso at Luther's on a brief visit, and was on the eve of starting back to South Carolina, j c< when he was detained by the illness of fa- i ther, which from the first was of an alarming nature. "Thus providentially comforted by the in ; presence of his sons, he passed away, 'ready m ! to depart and be with Christ, which is far n* j better.' He was unconscious for most of the Sr ; time, during which his mind wandered to ne the scenes of his missionary life in India, eo when he would sing and preach in the Hin- w dustani language. But he had frequent P< lucid intervals, when he testified to the full ta assurance of his faith, which was unclouded ih by a single doubt. it "I have not the data to give just now even n< !nn fiufiinonf hi* eventful life, reaching al- ft' | most to eighty-two years, but request that ?? i you will make such an announcement of it w j as you can gather from this hurried letter, m I in order that the fact may be made known so i to his numerous friends all over the South." af st CIRCUIT COURT. m March term of the Circuit Court for York m county will convene on the fourth Monday g* of this month?his Honor Judge Aldrich to l}1 preside. On Tuesday last, under the supervision of 0| Jury Commissioner McKnight, the grand d; jury for the present year, and the petit ju- is rors for the first week of the term, were ?' drawn as follows: ir Grand Jurors?Cooper Smith, colored; W. C. Owen, B. F. Caldwell, Handy White, col- ^ ored ; It. S. Moore. W. 1). Garrison, Allen a1 Barnett, colored; Taylor Edwards, colored; ei W. Meek Adams, Gabe Bowden, colored; rr John J. Biggers, H. W. Huffman, John R. q Ashe, J. W. Martin, John Ramsey, W. A. n J. Robinson, R. H. G. Caldwell, A. C. |)( Petit Jurors^?A". 11'."White, \v. ir. raurr, . J. W. Rhvne, M. R. Wells, J. W. Wallace, ' C. H. Williams, R. W. Workman, J.H. Ca- y ton, D. M. Hagins, Edmund Reid, colored ; b J. 1). Withers, R. J. Davies, J. P. Reid, W. J. Waters, J. B. Rawls, C. H. Dixon, J. H. n Glenn, J. A. N. Glenn, J. M. Allison, W. ,,, E. Patrick, Robert Conrad, J. O. Walker, "j John E. Plaxico, R. A. Parish, Henry Kel- ,r ler, J. J. Smith, Giles Good, colored; L. M. 7; Hardin, Sam'l N. True, F. W. Moore, W. It. Draffin, Sam'l Bird, colored; J. N. Mc- u IIwain, W. F. Dye, W. S. Adams, M. W. n Russell. > ???? si MERE-MENTION. h Mrs. Mary Brown, widow of John Brown, " of Harper's Ferry, Va., notoriety, died at * San Francisco last Friday. Marshall T. P Polk, ex-State Treasurer of Tennessee, 'j against whom indictment was pending for " defrauding the State treasury, died of heart P disease, last Friday in Nashville. In P caucus of the Democratic members of the ? Senate and House of Representatives, last Friday, to appoint the Democratic Con- . gressional Campaign Committee, Hon. Samuel Dibble was dioseu for South Caroli- ^ na. Five fires occurred in Philadelphia * last Friday night, destroying a large amount 9. of property. Among the buildings burned ^ was Powers and Weightman's chemical J1 works. They were extensive manufactur- P ers of quinine, and in consequence of the ? destruction of their works, dealers in for- 1 eign quinine have put up the price from P ?1.35 to$1.55 per ounce. The Louisville * Courier-Journal says that they don't send ? negroes to the Legislature in Ohio, as they do in the Southern States, but they do send P; them (for dissecting purposes) to the medi- * cal colleges. 'Hie Apache Indians are rp reported to be committing depredations in A Sonora and fears are entertained of a gene- ** al uprising of them. Abraham Lincoin's tomb at Springfield, 111., is going to F ruin. Two of the supporting arches have P, collapsed, one corner of the monument has settled several inches, and it is estimated 1 that the restoration will cost $4,000 The F* Judges of the Court of Appeals of New FF York in compliance with resolutions of the L Bar Association of the city of New York 5, and the State Bar Association, have put on F flowing robes of black silk. A negro man has been sent to jail for three months and fined $100 atToleaa, Ohio, for marrying I* a white woman contrary to a statue enacted F, in 1840 ltiver navigation in Georgia is A becoming more difficult every year, the beds !*j Court oM^ennessee ?has deelarecf tli^ItaW^ road Commission of that State unconstitu- j' tional. By a bolt in the Democratic A ranks the city election of Lexington, Ky., on Saturday resulted in a victory for the }: Republicans. Resolutions have been in- [Jj troclucea in tne Mississippi legislature ~ looking to the impeachment of Gen. J. J* Argyle Smith, State Superintendent of Ed- fj ucation, on account of his intemperate use V; of whisky. The Court House and all J the county records at Weatherford, Texas, were burned last Saturday. Loss $16,000. The sheriff of Bryan county, Ga., J; was killed by mistake while out deer hunting last week. In consequence of re- j cent dynamite explosions in London, English detectives in New York have been instructed to ascertain the antecedents of all passengers from that port to Europe since February 1st. Alexander Jeffer- .. son, who is under sentence of death in New York, has written a letter to the news- t papers in favor of the abolition of capital * punishment. Mr. Jefferson views the question from a strictly personal standpoint. A * convention of Texas stockmen was held at Fort Worth, Texas, last Saturday, and a resolution was adopted favoring the divis- t ion of the State with Fort Worth as the cap- n ?*' ? {J Correspondence of the Yorkville Enqairer. s / _ sc >- NOTES FROM BLACK'S STATION. hi Black's Station, S. C., March 8.?We ^ ure now having a very severe spell of cold weather, and on Saturday there was a light w fall of snow. The small grain crop is killed pi in places, but it is hoped that the bud is not injured, and that only the blades of the JjJ plants are affected. A The effects of the storm in the north-westera part of the county will remain for years tt to come, so terrible was it in its ravages. It ti is still the subject of conversation, and many curious stories are told in connection with j the work of the wind. Mr. John Martin, C( who lives in the track of thestorm, onemile from Broad River, says that the wind struck j, his premises fifteen minutes in advance of the rain cloud, and that almost instantly his jn house was inundated with water, brought rc by the cyclone from the river, which theory 0j is clearly demonstrated by the manner in q which the ground from the river to his house ai is washed. At the time Mr. Martin was 0i reading by his fireside. A cat was lying in t.j the corner. Near the fire-place stood an old- cj fashioned clock that reached from the floor j)( to the ceiling. In an instant both clock and jj cat were blown out through the top of the ce house. Mr. Martin's houses were destroyed tli and their contents blown in every direction. Ti Ilis cat returned on the next morning, but finding the house in ruins, it manifested no w inclination to remain, and had it not been j caught would have precipitately fled. J n< Samuel G. Brown, Esq., a citizen of our | ja town, and an old and well known citizen of the county, is at this time verv ill with an i th -11?l- ??NT.V;r? I I ill lilL'iV Ui paiaijoio. j HI Secretary of State.?Col. John T.! p) Sloan, Sr., is a candidate for Secretary of jt State. All right. We do not endorse much j0 of what Col. Lipscomb teaches, but if he is ! 0f I to he made an object of attack, let us open fa j the fight all around. No one element or set [ can rule this State. Col. Lipscomb is the ' solitary representative of up country far- j ^ | mers?the men who do the bulk of the Dem- et1 ocratic voting?in the State House. If he ry I has to leave, let us have a general leaving and changing. We advise the very astute 0f and distinguished gentlemen who are managing the party and the State to nip this to' movement in the bud, lest a hornet's nest be stirred up.?Greenville News. j m * * TV j South Carolina Republicans.?The j Republican State Executive Committee was ^ in session at Columbia on Wednesday of J last week. The committee appointed April loth as the date for holding a State Conven- 1U tion to send delegates to the National Re- . publican Convention. The committee de- j cided to hereafter allow each congressional district to elect delegates to its conventions and the State Convention to select delegates ix for districts where 110 election of delegates is sa held. A committee was appointed to ex- tr press regrets over Mackey's death. It was dt decided to hold the convention to nominate of a successor to Mackey, in the Seventh Dis- ar trict, at Sumter, on March 10th. ot trrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, S. C. March 4.?At a late meetg of the stockholders of the Catawba Oil ill Mr. Joseph Wylie tendered hisresigition of the Presidency, and Mr. J. Harvey nith was elected in his place. Without 'glecting his other business, Mr. Wylie uld not give that attention to the mill hich its important interests demanded, assessed as he is of fine administrative lents he would doubtless have managed 3 affairs wisely, and in time have placed on a substantial and paying business had )t circumstances compelled him to retire om the presidency. Mr. Smith has manfed successfully other business, and will ithout doubt be successful in the manageent of the oil mill. While it is true that ime of the stockholders became panicky ter the destruction caused by the late orm, and parted with their stock at a trelendous discount, the majority of them are ot dispirited, and at the late meeting ive evidence of their faith in the enterrise as a paying investment by taking * * * - ?5,1 i ~ -1 i/\ 4U a * ?>-? n/1 J o fo icn action as Will icau iu Uir iiiiuicu.uw, .'pairing of all damages. Mr. C. W. Winn, r Charlotte, has contracted to repair the images in fifteen days. As the third story not essential to the successful operation f the mill, it will not be replaced. The ijury to the machinery is lar less than as supposed to be the morning after the orm. The breaking of the fly wheel is le greatest damage, which can be repaired t a cost of $200. Other parts of the machinry are broken or injuried, but they are of linor importance and can be easily fixed, he new presses, of which mention was icently made, have arrived and will soon e placed in their proper position. Good isults are expected from them when the illl Irs again in operation. At the late leeting of the stockholders J. J. McLure, !sq., was elected a Director in place of I)r. Irown White, resigned. Mr. W. W. Crosby, of the Crosbyville eighborhood, being in our town last week, ave a distressing account of the late cylone. He thinks the wind blew with much reater violenceat his place than it did here, lis mother's residence, which he considered very strong and substantial building, was lown down, from top to foundation, and ieces of the lumber were blown four miles, mta single building of any kind was left anding on the place. Such a scene of desoition he never witnessed before. His lother's loss was $3,000. Considerable deduction was caused by the storm in the eighborhood of Rossville. A number of ouses on Mr. Ross Dye's place were blown own. Mr. Munro {Stroud's dwelling and ther houses also yielded to the violence of lie storm. His wife was so severely injured y the falliug timbers that fears of her reuvery are entertained. Mr. Wm. Stroud's tore was blown down, and his goods scatired to the four winds. Richhurg was visited with a fire on last Wednesday night. The depot, a quantity f goods and 15 bales of cotton were burned, f this cotton 6 bales belonged to Mr. Mulnax, a cotton buyer of our town ; 8 bales elonged to Mr. C. E. Nunnery, and one ale to Mr. Os. Barber, both of Richburg. Ir. Hemphill McDaniel also had 11 bales n the platform, but this was saved. Mr. lullinax had bargained for the purchase f all the cotton on the platform, and had int his weigher to Richburg to weigh and lark the cotton, but the fire came and in;rfered with his calculations. The cotton -ould have been weighed and marked on hursday, the day after the fire, and would len have passed in to Mr. Mullinax's posission. As it, he claims that he had not jceived the cotton, and does not consider imself bound in law or equity to pay for r 1 1 .. 1? i. ivir. iviuuniaA uau si.\ uuics ui mo wwu n the depot platform, and had been pro;cted by a policy of insurance on the cot)n, but unfortunately the policy expired a iw hours before the lire. The origin of the re is attributed to a snark from an engine, he railroad company had insurance on the epot and goods. P. M. Leucher, charged with obtaining loney from Mrs. Logan under false pre?nces, was arrested in Charleston on last Wednesday by Mr. A. Murphy, and by him rought to this place the next day. The mount obtained by him was $700, which trrrlA/gHll'llt lllni?Tm-rrr >> ??K?-^frcr oth3ct~~ " anding that he would invest it in lumber, t was a kind of partnership arrangement, he was to furnish the capital, while he would ttend to the business. Getting the money, e left town ostensibly for the purpose of uying lumber. Becoming uneasy after aiting a while, and hearing nothing from im, Mrs. Logan appeared before Trial Jusce Glenn, and making an affidavit as to his audulent intentions secured a warrant for is arrest, which was placed in the hands of tr. Murphy, who made the arrest as stated,, 1 Charleston. On his arrival at this place e was lodged in jail. A preliminary exmination in the case was to have been eld on last Saturday, but he waived the lamination, and will remain in his preset quarters until the meeting of the Cirlit Court when his trial will take place. The Governor virtually left the tilling of le vacancy in the office of Trial Justice at lis place to our delegation in the Legislate. He signified his intention to appoint hoever received their recommendation, [r. W. T. Itobinson was so honored, and ill consequently be commissioned this oek. The Baptist congregation has secured anporarily a room on the first floor of the da reiiows nuuuing i?r uie purpose t?i aiding religious services. The pulpit and (ats have been removed to this room, and irvices were held there Sunday. $3,000 *ve already been secured by our Baptist iends for the purpose of erecting a new lurch building. The remaining $2,000 will aubtless be raised in the course of a few eeks, and the new building will in all robability be under way by May or June. Our Presbyterian friends intend io repair le damages to their church without delay, he contractor will begin work in a few days, ame changes are contemplated in the 111'rior arrangement of the building, and ley will be such as will add to its attracveness. I hear that the breach of promise case, in hich Miss Lucas was the plaintiff and Mr. P Vormiann (ho <lofondnnt h?S been nnpromised. The basis of the eomprolise was an agreement on the part of the ?fendant to pay a sum of money. Hon. J. J. Hemphill recent'y introduced i Congress a bill having for its object the ,'storation of the name of Captain Thomas, " this county, to the pension roll. The aptain lost an arm in the Mexican war id drew a pension until the breaking at of the late war, in which he partipated, and in consequence of this partipation his name was dropped from the ?nsion roll. It is to be hoped that Mr. emphill, who by the way makes an exllent member of Congress, will succeed in le effort to secure a pension for Captain homas. Yesterday being sales-day, the county as represented-in town by quite a num?r of its best citizens. The farmers are by ) means dispirited by the short crops of st year, but seem quite hopeful, and have >ne to work with hope in their hearts and ie determination in their minds to do all their power. Only one piece of real este was sold. This was a town lot benging to the estate of the late C. S. Briee. brought $55. A lot of confectionaries bengin<j to J. H. Nail, was sold at the suit L. H. Cole & Co. The goods brought ir prices. Fort Lawn is quite a flourishing town, essrs. Jordon & Bros, and McFadden & iitfi/lcnn fho nt nil irly day of convenient and beautiful storeoms. Mr. S. S. Killian intends to build dwelling in a short time. The friends our neighboring town are glad to hear of 3 improvement. May the "Fort" continue make rapid strides in the path of progress. Rev. T. W. Ebiltorf has declined the call ade by the Blackstock and Hopewell aptist Churches. Mr. \V. H. Edwards, ho, by-the-way, is one of the best men of liscounty, informed me that these churches ive another good man in view, but he ade me promise not to give his name. The spring term of the Circuit Court, will ;gin its sessions at this place next Monday, ulge Aldrich presiding. m. -The gamblers who shot a number of eitens on the streets of Hot Springs, Arkans, a few weeks ago have been put on a ain and sent away by citizens. There is mger of a serious'tight between the Chief ' Police and militia supporting one faction id the Sheriff and his posse backing anher.