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f traps and Jatts. ? A singular accident happened lately at a mill in Nashville, Tenn. A workman was thrown toward a circular saw and thinking he would strike, it died from fright. When picked up he was dead, but there was no sign of a bruise on his body. ? At Savannah, CJa., last Thursday, the coroner stopped a colored funeral service over Wm. Dunn, and removing the shroud and clothing from the corpse there were revealed nine knife woundsmflicted by Ferry Hagins, the man in whose house the funeral was being held. ? Two of the five Confederate Generals are still living?Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard. The Confederacy had twenty-one Lieutenant Generals, and of these nine are still living?James Longstreet, Wade Hampton, John B. Gordon, D. II. Hill, S. 1). Lee, A. P. Stewart, Jubal Early, S. B. Buckner and Joseph E. Wheeler. ?In a street fight in Washington city, on Tuesday of last week, growing out of a difficulty between a white and colored man, Frank Langston, a son of Professor John A. Langston, United States minister to Hayti, shot and killed James Spencer and seriously wounded John S. Williams, two spectators, both of them colored. ? John McGinnis was hanged by process of law, in the county jail, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the morning of the 4th instant, for the murder of his mother-in-law. McGinnis was a Catholic and his wife a Protestant. This caused domestic trouble and a separation, the wife returning to her mother. McGinnis went there and shot his wife and mother-in-law. The latter died, but the daughter recovered. The plea of insanity was set up without avail ooth on the trial and after conviction. ? The business failures throughout this country and Canada, occuring during the seven days euding last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co., number 272, of which 216 were in the United States and 50 in Cannrio?nn inprpii?5f? for the United States of 23 and for Canada of 14, as compared with the previous week. Failures are on the increase in the Middlevand Pacific States, and especially in Canada where the figures of the week are higher than have been reported for years in that portion. ? Work on the construction of the main building of the World's Exposition, at New Orleans is progressing rapidly. Lumber is being delivered on the grounds at the rate of one hundred thousand feet daily. It is estimated that the main building will be finished in four months. The management announce that exhibits will be received to the first of August. Applications for space have been received during the past week from England, Russia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Venezuela, Gauta mela ana many orner piaces. ? The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, a Republican paper, commenting upon Sergeant Bates' recent utterances regarding his last tramp through the South, says: Sergeant Bates, who is a Democrat, has been marching through the South, talking with the people and taking notes. It is his opinion that the rebellion is only repressed, and is seeking to gain its ends through political means where it failed to do so by secession and war. He is rot as much of a Democrat as he was. To which the New York World replies : Bates went through the South as a mendicant. When a man is in a position to have his political views warped by the character of the free victuals doled out to him he can scarcely be trusted to make an unselfish report of public sentiment. The Republican party can have Bates and his son also, with the old flag included. ? The first part of the great English dictionary projected by the Philological society of London, and for which some hundreds of persons have been collecting material for the past twenty-five years, has just been issued from the Clarendon Press. This part ends with the word "ant," on page 3.12. Some idea of the scale of the work may be had when it is added that Webster reaches this word upon page .16, the new dictionary giving 6,81)7 main words and 8,36.1 separate entries, against 4,662 in Webster. It was thought at first that the work would be com iniscd. in, ^ hoi it. 7 000 nntrri ?* *Vw? Littre's, but on the present scale it will probably extend to 12,000 pages, or six thick quarto volumes, and receckoning on the basis of Webster's 114,000 words, the whole number of words included is likely to reach 200,000. ? The Pennsylvania State Temperance Committee has issued a circular in which it declares its intention of making a fight for an opportunity to submit a prohibitory n.,nsvrwl,r,s.n + fr\ n r\f fhp nPTinlP. Thp K\S CV *\/iv Vi I..V committee proposes first to bring the temperance propositions before the State Conventions of both political parties for endorsement or rejection. It also proposes to submit the same question to every candidate for either house of the Legislature, and to advise temperance men to vote for the nominees who promise best. Whatever may be thought of the wisdom and judiciousness of the proposed action of the temperance men, there can be no denying that it is manly and above board and that the prohibition trumpet gives no uncertain sound. The temperance question hasknocked political calculations higher than a kite in several States and it may yet do the same thing in Pennsylvania. ?The usually quiet village of Williams Bridge, Westchester county, X. Y., was thrown into intense excitement a few days ago through an eccentricity of Mrs. Jason Smith. Health Officer McDerinott noticed an excited crowd in front of Smith's residence who appealed to him to remove an objection on the front porch, which they denounced as a nuisance. About this time Mrs. Smith appeared at the door of her castle brandishing a broomstick, while Jason appeared at the upper window with a section of hose in his hand, and turned a stream of water 011 the crowd. The watch dog also took part in the fight and the crowd was put to flight. The gallant McDermott, however made a dash in the yard and bore the offending article away. On examaining it he discovered that It was Mr. Smith's right leg, which had been amputated two weeks ago. His wife, not caring to part wun u imu u finuiwiued and neatly varnished, and set it on the front stoop as an ornament. The nuisance was buried, and Williams Bridge has been restored to its wonted serenity. ? An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch of Friday says: The trouble at Allapapa, in which the aid of the military was invoked, grew out of the arrest of a noted desperodo, Bar. Turner, a white man, who has been guilty of many atrocities. lie came in with 2.j confederates and the officers of the court room were rudely handled. The Justice was told that he might proceed with the aid of the mob. Instead of doing so the magistrate called on the Mayor for support, and the latter found himself unable to cope with the mob. Knowledge of his appeal to the Governor for troops was kept secret from the mob, as it would have maddened them to bloodshed. The delay owing to the time lost in waiting for ammunition from Americus put the Mayor under the nppp?sitv of msikine- a comnromise with the mob, by which Turner was released until Saturday, March 15, when his trial will take place. The mob carried him away with a great show of triumph, declaring that no town dudes should arrest a man from the country. The trouble will undoubtedly be renewed, as all the rough element are in sympathy with Turner. ? The National "Woman's Suffrage Association, which was in session for several days in Washington city, adjourned sine die last Friday. At a private session of the association on Friday morning, a plan of future action was mapped out and agreed upon. It was decided to hold conventions during the coming year under the auspices of the association in every State and Territory not now organized for woman suffrage, and that upon the vice presidents of the association should devolve the Superintendence of what is known as legislative work in their respective States and Territories. This legislative work consists in endeavors to secure the adoption by State and Territorial Legislatures of a recommendation to their representatives in Congress of the proposed Sixteenth Amendment to give the freedom of the ballot to women. It was decided to use all the resourses at the command of the association to defeat any presidential candidate, by whatever party nominated, who is opposed to woman suffrage. The views of tne several candidates on this question are obtained by the cxecu tive officers of the association, Mrs. Stan-; < ton, Miss Anthony and Mrs. Sewell, and < when obtained these officers will issue an i address to the women of the country di-1 i recting the course to be followed by them | < j with respect to the candidates. It is not; k ; proposed to aid any candidate to secure 1' ; election, but to defeat every candidate not; 1 j in sympathy with the objects of the as-1 x | sociation. * j f !?ltc forhville (fcaquiwr.; YORKVILLE, S. C. : ] THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1884. j COL. CASH ARRESTED. i The arrest of Col. E. B. C. Cash, as an accessory after the fact, of the murder of Town Marshal Richards, of Cheraw, by Win. Bogan Cash, was effected at the home of Col. Cash, in Chesterfield county, last Sunday morning, by State Constable Richbourg, and a posse of twelve picked men, who accompanied him for that purpose. By the alleged inertness of the officials of Chesterfield county, the Governor was impelled to assign the State Constable to the duty of attempting the arrest of the Cashes, and the manner in which the arrest of Col. Cash was made, is detailed as follows by a special dispatch to the News and Courier from Cheraw, under date of March 9?12.30 P. M.: State Constable R. N. Richbourg, with twelve picked men armed with improved Springfield rifles, left Columbia at midnight last night, and arrived at Florence at 3.30 A. M. They were met there by Sheriff Cole of Darlington, and took a special train for Cash's Depot, no regular train leaving on Sundays. The force reached a point a mile below Cash's Depot at o A. M. Here ( fl.r. +r-.iiri cfr>r>noil onrl tho fl5<Sf>mh:irlv IUC VI U1 II JVV|/|/VVV IVUVt V1IV/ av> vv v? .WW... ed and proceeded up the track on foot to 1 Cash's house. Before daylight the house was surround- 1 ed, and the force waited for light. About | G o'clock Cash the elder rose, found that the ( pickets were about, armed himself with a ] Winchester repeating rifle and pistols and ' tried to escape from the premises. He ran J against John H. Pearson, one of the sentinels, who presented his rifle, demanding 1 his surrender. Cash hesitated and Pearson j said: "Drop your gun or I will shoot you : in two seconds." Cash dropped his gun ' quickly. lie admitted having been taken completely by surprise. When captured he was endeavoring to make his way to the i log-house across the railroad, where young < uasil mis ueen sleeping every iugni since the murder. The force closed in and search- . ed Col. Cash's house thoroughly, but could ' find nothing of Bogan Cash. A party start- 1 ed for the log house before mentioned. < When they were half way there, Cash get- i ting alarmed for his son's safety, made a proposition to go to the log-house if allowed . to do so, alone, and pledged his sacred hon- ' or that he would have his son surrender ' within two hours. The proposition was 1 acceded to and the force was recalled. Cash < went and soon returned, saying that his son ] had left the house an hour before and that he '< did not know where he was. He offered, ( however, if the force would withdraw that his son would surrender before Wednesday. lie frankly stated that he only wanted ' to come off with flying colors, that neither he nor his son desired to be considered out- j laws, but that he desired to effect a capitula- . tion on his own terms. Bearing in mind the j desire of Governor Thompson that Cash should be captured before he had a chance ' to surrender, Chief Constable Richbourg de- 1 clined these terms. Cash then made other ; propositions and finally offered to let Rich- j * n fl 1 * O" !? '"? ' ' " * till linn, r I ] ing that he would surrender within twentyfour hours if the posse were dispersed. This showed weakening and was finally re- < Kir T?i/?hVirmr<r who immpdintplv r>ro- ( ceeded to give Cash a taste of the rigor of < the law. His premises were surrounded by . a guard with instructions to allow no de- | parture or arrival. Cash's pistols and rifle . were taken from him. Cash protested bit- 1 terly against this, but said he yielded to ' force. Capt. Richbourg, having determined to let nothing prevent the most thorough < search for young Cash, left most of his men , at the house, and at 9 o'clock proceeded to Cheraw to summon a larger posse of horsemen with which to enter the swamp j and track the fugitive to his hiding place. 1 lie is supposed to be near Cash's Depot on j an island in the swamp. 1 Colonel Cash was conveyed to Columbia j on Sunday night, while a sufficient force, ' under Constable ltichbourg, remained in ( Chesterfield for the purpose of effecting the ' arrest of his son, the principal in the crime * of which they are charged. On arriving at Columbia, Col. Cash was ( delivered to the Sheriff of Richland county, 1 who conveyed him in a buggy from the de- [ pot to the jail, where he was placed in what * is called "the parlor," on the first floor of ( the building, and is allowed every comfort 1 not inconsistent with the rules of the jail. * Col. Watts, of his counsel, who had arrived j in Columbia, at once notified Attorney-Gen- ' oral Miles and Solicitor Newton, of the Chesterfield circuit, of his intention to sue out a writ of habeas corpus before Chief Jus- ' tice Simpson, and as Solicitor Newton de- ( sires the regular notice of three (lays, no fur- } ther proceedings have yet been taken. 1 Bogan Cash has not yet been arrested, and the Governor has ordered State Constable Richbourg and his posse to return to Columbia without making any further effort to t secure his arrest., The supposition is, that by the counsel of the elder Cash, the son will surrender himself to the Sheriff of Chesterfield county. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 3rd, bills were pass- ^ ed for the construction of a number of pub- f lie buildings, among them one at Greenville, ^ S. C. A bill was introduced by Senator ^ Butler to authorize the Secretary of War to * loan to the Governor's Guards, of Columbia, * S. C., fifty Springfield rifles. Referred. J The Military Academy appropriation bill \ was taken up, but at this moment a message c was received from the House containing > resolutions expressing the regret of the J j House at the death of the late Representa- *~ j tive Haskell, of Kansas. The remainder of j j the day's session was devoted to eulogies of { the deceased Representative. j In the House, Randall, under instructions | from the Committee on Appropriations, re- { ported back a letter from the Secretary of j ; the Treasury relative to rebate on tobacco, j j i 1110 secretary's icuer was uiuuivu [imucu iii the Record. Randall said the Secretary's j letter settled two points?first, that no ad: ditional force is necessary in the payment [ of claims ; and, second, that instead of tak; ing three years to pay them they could be paid in three months. Intimation had crept into public notice that persons having | claims, by employment of agents at five per ; ; cent., commission, could get precedence in j i consideration of their claims. He wanted i to say to the House and to claimants that! there was no occasion whatever for claimants j to go to any expense to secure payment of, their money. If they employed agents after this statement they would do so of their own volition. Under the call of States, a number of bills and resolutions were introduced and referred, after which the House, upon motion of Townsend, of Texas, suspended the rules and paased the bill pensioning Mexican veterans. The bill does not apply to soldiers of the Black Hawk and j other Indian wars. Townsend explained I the bill, stating that it was confined exclusively to those who served in the Mexican , war, and did not contain a provision not already sanctioned by the House of Representatives. Persons who were under political disabilities were excluded from the benefit )f the bill. The rules were then suspended ind the bill passed?yeas, 227 ; nays, 4G. In the Senate, on the 4th, the Military Academy appropriation bill was passed. Sherman introduced a bill granting copyright to newspapers. The bill to provide 'or the exercise of jurisdiction conferred jpon the United States in placesoutof their erritory and dominion, was then taken up ind read, and when the reading of the bill ,vas concluded the Senate went into executive session, and when the doors were rebelled adjourned. In the House, a bill was reported to present the adulteration of teas. A resolution vas adopted authorizing the employment of i small additional force under the Clerk ind Doorkeeper of the House. Thercmninler of the session was devoted to the naval impropriation bill. In the Senate, on the oth, a bill was passid defining the boundaries of Yellowstone Park, its area being 5,000 square miles, and placing the park under the jurisdiction 01 Montana Territory. A bill authorizing the Postmaster General to lease buildings for postoftices of the first, second and third jlasses, at reasonable rates, for terms not to exceed ten years, was passed, while the bill reported from the committee on Foreign Relations providing for the exercise of jurisdiction conferred upon the United States in places outside their dominion, Sherman isked and obtained unanimous consent to have read a message which had just been received from the House, announcing the agreement by the House to the Senate joint resolution appropriating $10,000 for Senate ioiitingeiu fund. On the reading of the message it was found that the concurrence of the house had been given, coupled with a proviso that the money should be used for no investigation other than such as had already been ordered. Butler and others, on hearing this condition, at once objected to the present consideration of the subject, ind it went over. Butler said that the condition was one that the House had no right the make. The interrupted debate was resumed and consumed the remainder if the session until an executive session was ordered. In the House, Ellis, of Louisiana, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported back adversely the bills for the relief of sufferers by the overflow in the lower Mississippi Valley and by the cyclone in North Carolina, and they were laid upon the table, rhe same member, from the same commit tee reported favorably a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to furnish the House, from time to time, with information of the progress of the floods in the valley of the Mississippi and report, if at anytime in his judgment there exists such suffering as to justify measures of relief on the part of Congress. Adopted. After the formalities of seating F. A. Manzamares as i delegate from New Mexico, the House discussed the naval appropriation bill until the hour of adjournment. In the Senate, on the Gth, a favorable report was made from the Committe on Postoffices and Post Roads, on the bill fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon mail matter of the second class when sent by others than publishers or news agents. It fixes the rate an transient newspapers at one cent for four ounces?the present rate being one cent for two ounces. Placed on the calendar. The action of the House on the joint resolution appropriating $10,000 for the Senate contingent fund, in appending a proviso that the amount must be used for investigations heretofore ordered, was declared to be an unjustifiable interference of that body with the independence of the Senate. A vote by yeas and was taken and the Senate unanimously decided not to concur in the amend[neiu, ami a Luuiiniiiee, euusiMitig ui rsiier*man, Wilson and Butler, was appointed to confer with a like committee of the House an the subject. The Senate resumed the consideration of Pendleton's bill providing i system of courts for the exercise of extra territorial jurisdiction of the United States n foreign countries, and after a short debate the bill was passed. In the House, nearly the entire day was levotod to the naval appropriation bill, vvhich was finally agreed to and passed. In the Senate, on the 7th, after an explanation by Williams as to the merits of the aill now before the Senate to regulate the -etiring of army officers, the bill having jeen introduced under a misapprehension is to its true import, 011 his motion, the r? ? j j k ^ jommuiee 011 luuuury ahuhs was inscharged from further consideration of the said bill. A bill was passed appropriating *250,000 for the construction of a fire-proof juilding in Washington, to be used as a hall )f records. The Senate then took up, and ifter reading the third time, passed the bill constituting a majority of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States to be a luorum of the court, instead of six Judges, is heretofore required by law. The bill also prohibits the Judge who heard the case it the circuit from sitting on the Supreme jench when the case comes up for appeal. \djourned to Monday. In the House, the entire day was devoted :o the consideration of bills of a private character, principally for the relief of inlividuals. An evening session was held or the consideration of the pension bill. MERE-MENTION. The United States Senate has confirmed he nomination of T. J. Tuomey to be United States Marshal for South Caroli1a. A revenue informer was hanged in Saturday night of last week, in Floyd ounty, Virginia, by a gang of moonshiners. Hon. Kenneth Rayner, Solicitor if the Treasury, died in Washington 011 the >th iustant. Mr. Itayner was appointed to lie position of Solicitor of the Treasury | rom North Carolina, of which State he j ,vas a native, and a prominent citizen previous to the war. On Thursday last. lie Louisiana Republicans selected delegates o the national convention and passed a esolution endorsing President Arthur's I idministration. The leading Spiritualsts in the South contemplate the erection ! >f a large tabernacle at Chattanooga. They J vill also lay out extensive grounds and nake the place the rendezvous of Southern Spiritualists. The Iowa Legislature has massed a strict prohibition law, and it has )een signed by the Governor. The Senite committee on Territories has agreed to jive the name of "Lincoln" to the new territory which it is proposed to make out )f the northern portion of the present Tor- j tory of Dakota David McLain was Hiblicly hanged at Trader's Hill, Ga., last Friday, for the murder of \V. S. Saxton, in February, 187f). On the gallows McLain *aved like a maniac, though his death was lainless. Recorder Ilickok, Recorder if West Ilobokeu, N. Y., has been suspended Vom office for stealing small articles from stores. lie is a wealthy man. The inal spike in the Mexican Central Railroad Iras <lri von Inst. Kainrrlav. and there is now in unbroken railroad from Mexico City to lie Rio Grande. Two feet of snow fell at Laconia, New Hampshire, last Saturday right. Investigation shows that -14 per :ent. of the number of persons in the track )f the cyclone in Richmond county, N. C., ,vere killed. The Kentucky Legislatire has determined to investigate the iharges of bribery in the senatorial nomilation of Hon. J. C. S. Blackburn Lieu;enaut Garlington has been detailed to disribute the money appropriated by Congress for the sufferers by the western loods. Ben Gilliam was hanged at Bayboro, Pamlico county, N. C., last Frilay for the murder of Henry Carter, eleven i nonths ago. He died confessing his guilt, md regretting that he had not obtained forgiveness by the grace of God, for which he lad humbly prayed. Jefferson Davis laving been invited by the Legislature of Mississippi to deliver an address on the ife of S. S. Prentiss, appeared in the capitol it Jackson last Monday. He made a short speech and regretted that he could not deiveran address on account of physical in-; ibilitv. NO LONGER A DUELIST. The Sherman investigation of the Dan | ville, Vft., riot has brought to the stand f number of witnesses, some of them prom i inent politicians, unci among them John S ' Wise, the Mahonite member of Congres; from the Richmond district. Wise is tin recreant son of ex-Governor Wise, during whose administration the insurrectionist Old John Brown, was hanged ; and partak ing largely of his father's pugnacious pro pensities, he has been engaged in severa so-called affairs of honor. But he nov j denounces the code, and whatever may b< I his politeal tergiversations, this much shoult I ho cot flmi'ti to hi? pi-prtit A Ttifllllinilf j dispatch of Saturday contains the followinj i in reference to Wise and his published de termination not to fight: The last issue of the Campaign, a Demo cratic weekly, published here' by Captaii McCarty, contained an editorial in whicl occurs the following: "IIow characteristic of the individual is Mr. Johnny Wise': stump speech on the witness stand. A mai occupying a seat in Congress stolen witl manufactured votes; himself the very ex emplar of Virginia prejudice, braggart ant bully; the hero of 13 bloodless duels; kicker out of the Democratic party and selling hi little stock of brains to Mahone ; frozen ou of recognition by honest men, and relegater to the association of the negroes, who arc his superiors in all that makes even a pre fonoo fn jrm n 1-mrvl " Captain McCarty is a member of one tin oldest families in Virginia, a bold, fearless but quiet and unassuming member of tin Democratic party. He was one of the sec ondsof Mr. Richard T. Beirne in the due with Elam." He is a believer in the resor to the code for the settlement of dispute under some circumstances. Mr. John S. Wise to-day published a let terof which the following are extracts: "Henceforth I wish it publicly understoo< that I will not tight a duel or be a party t< one. 1 make this declaration public be cause some persons may expect me to resen several assaults of late appearing in news papers, especially in the paper called tlv Campaign. If I had intended to recognizi the editor of that paper, I would have dorn so long ago, for the articles last appearinj are no worse than many others that hav< i * _?- ? nf n - .. Deen puousneu. \v. ra^ -.uuvan/y mm n?v no difficulty with me. If the Common wealth Attorney of the town where tha paper is published had done his duty, Me Carty would have been in jail long ago a the utterer of criminal libel. A poor mai here in Richmond was sent to jail soni months ago for an offence much less thai his. Since McCarty killed Mr. John II Mordecai he has been going about smellinj the blood on his hands and panting fo more. Without stake of any sort, he ha maliciously sought to provoke difficulties first with Gen. Mahone, then with Senato Riddleberger, and next with myself. Sonr months before he said aught against me was informed that he declared liis purpos in a public place to seek a difficulty witl me next. Gen. Mahone and Riddleberge failed to notice him, and I propose to d likewise. "What satisfaction can I secure from Mc Carty? I would not fight a duel. I d not wish his blood, and would be as miser able as he is now if I shed it. If I were t sue him for slander and give the mone; to some charitable institution, I could no make anything out of him on execution Unmarried, penniless, without any fixe< employment, dissipated, with nothing t lose, he seems possessed of a devil, an< would, 110 doubt, esteem it a mercy forsonv gentleman to kill him and ease a torturei brain and conscience. lie may play Si Lucius O'Trigger to his heart's content boasting of his ancestry (everyone of whon has killed his man,) his family portaits an< honor, but he must find somebody else thai me to kill him. "With a sweet home filled with inerr; children, with enough to live comfortably with a paying profession, I am happy an< want to live. In God's name, what wouh a man like Page McCarty put in stak< against this, when we stood at 10 pace with pistols ? Ilis abuse of me has 110 mor .A',. mL? tlwiM-wn ?ti H.i I His invitation comes too late. Time ha been when I might have been fool enougl to indulge in such folly, but with age an< a broader view of life and its responsibili ties and duties, I have bidden farewell for ever to the McCarty type of manhood What people may think of course, by reasoi of this letter I cannot say. If they do 110 think 111c courageous, dueling would neve convince them. I know what my friend will say. 1 sometimes think 1 would rathe risk the charge of cowardice than thato murder. I have tried not to he too sever upon poor McCarty, whose wasted talent and miserable life i truly pity." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Richland Volunteers, of Columbia will go to Texas in May to participate in ai inter State drill and encampment. ? Lawrence Cain, colored, who will be re inenibered as the Senator from Edgefield ii the days of Radical supremacy, died in Col umbia last week. ? Mr. A. S. Todd, of Anderson, andeditoi of the Journal, has been appointed clerk fo Representative Aiken's House committei on education. ? A petition is being circulated in Green ville for the removal of Lewis R. Redmont from the penitentiary at Auburn, New York to the similar institution at Columbia. ? Solicitor Orr, of Greenville, will beacan didate for re-election to the office which In now holds. lie will not enter the Congres sional race. ? Abbeville was visited by a heavy rail storm last Thursday night. There was ven little wind, but the rainfall was heavy swelling the streams and proving damaging to bottom lands. ? The work of grading the Greenwood Laurens and Spartan burg Railroad will b< completed by the end of this month, whei the work of laving the crossties and rails wil begin. ? At a public meeting in Bamberg, Barn well county, last week, it was unanimously agreed that a tax of three mills on the dot lar should he levied for the establishment of a graded public school in Bamberg, a; authorized by the last General Assembly. ? The Republican Convention to nominate a candidate for Congress from the "Blact District," to succeed the late E. W. M [ Mackey, convened in Sumter last Monday and after organization, Robert Smalls, col ored, received the nomination on the first ballot, the vote being for Smalls, 35; Swails 3; Straker, 1. ; ?Union Times: "We are glad to lean | that the oat crop was not so badly injured { by frost as was supposed. The early sowec are looking tine, and even those sowed late and plowed in pretty deep have "conn out" amazingly and show a pretty fai] "stand." If nothing further injures then there will be a very large crop of oats mad< j this year. We are told that a large arer has been sown in wheat and it looks well. | ? [Most of those persons injured during the ; recent storm in Edgefield are much im! proved, except Mrs. J. H. Burnett, who h j still in a critical condition. Senator Calli I son says, concerning the ravages of the cy i clone in his section : "The details would Ik i more harrowing than the first general re ports. Suffice it to say that scarcely the hall j has been told !" j ? The Governor has pardoned from the | Penitentiary Robert Grant, colored, o: | Charleston county, who was sentenced by .Judge Graham, in February, 1871, to twen ty years' imprisonment in the penitentiary | on conviction of manslaughter. The par don was granted in view of the previou* n/\ntrSrtf flin frmQ 1 ; J?1#UU UlilKUtlUl Ul lliv; tVUVlVW) v?iv* i provocation causing the crime, and the petition of prominent citizens of Charleston. ? The examination of the papers of those who recently applied for certificates to teacl: school in Orangeburg county has just beer completed by the Board of Examiners, Twenty-seven applicants presented themselves. Of these four received first grade certificates, seven second grade, five third grade and eleven were rejected. Of the sixteen who succeeded in getting certificates, only seven reached the grade applied for. ? A serious fire occurred in Lancastei about "> o'clock last Saturday morning, destroying property to the amount of $40,000, on which the aggregate insurance is about $30,000. The heaviest loss was the Moore building, valued at $10,000, insured for $7, oOO. The fire originated in the grocery stor< . of B. F. Walsh, and all the circumstance; 1 lead to the opinion that it was the work o an incendiary. ? About 9 o'clock on Tuesday night o last week, says the Columbia Register, ai s accident occurred at the Executive Mansioi 2 which came very near terminating serious r ly. Miss (.'orrie, Governor Thompson' eldest daughter, was sitting in front of ai ' open grate, absorbed in reading a book when her dress caught fire. The scream of the young lady attracted members of tie 1 family, and after much difficulty the flame , were extinguished, but not before Mis 5 Thompson was badly burned. Iler wound 1 are severe and very painful and have prov , ed more serious than was at first thought but Dr. Talley does not fear serious results ? The Governor's right hand was painfull; - burned in his battle with the flames. Correspondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer. 1 LETTER FROM CHESTER. c Chester, March 10.?It will not be i 3 great while before the boiling of the politi 1 eal pot will begin in this county. Whil j there has been as yet no public announce ment of any candidates for county offices L* rumors to this effect are being whisperei j about. The office of Clerk of the Cour g promises to be the most popular office?th one that will attract the greatest number o j aspirants. The names of about half a doze: ^ of our best citizens are spoken of in connec " tion with this desirable position. Probabl; there will be other Bicnmonds in the fieh ? by the time the campaign winy opens There are those whose eyes are turned ii g the direction of the office of Probate Judge . Indeed the probabilities are that there wil j be no lack of good and true men who wil t be found willing, at the proper time, to la, g themselves on the altar of self-sacrifice ii behalf of the people. Voters will have n difficulty in selecting from the list of candi dates for the various county offices, thos I who will discharge their respective dutie 0 with credit to themselves and satisfactio to the people. k On a warrant issued by Trial Justic Darby, Mr. Silas Gladden arrested, brough g to town, and lodged in jail Berry Moblej e colored, charged with threatening the iff D of Mr. Thomas McGuire. He is charge .r with appearing before MeGuire's house wit * pistol in hand, and after throwing rock g at McGuire, used such threatening languag as to cause the latter to secure a warrant fo ^ his arrest. A refusal on the part of Moblej who was in MeGuire's employ, to carry on 8 the instructions of his employer, was th 1 cause'of the difficulty. e Henry McCollum, of the Baton Rouge set ^ tion of our county, died on last Wednesda; i of typhoid pneumonia, after an illness t !; three weeks. = It is rumored that two of Columbia's be.c 8 lawyers will be here this week to assist i . the defence of those parties charged wit ? selling intoxicating liquors without license e A tremendous effort will be made to secur j their acquittal. It will not be for any lac g of money employed in their behalf, if sue i1 is not the case. The question as to the cor stitutionality of the law forbidding the sal q of intoxicating liquors will be raised, l'c the defendants' attorneys will hold that i is such an interference with personal right as violated not only the spirit, but the lei ter of the constitution. If the presidin ~ Judge decides in favor of the constitution ality of the law, an exception will be take to his ruling, and the question will come u before the Supreme Court for decision. U[ j on the question of fact as to the guilt or inn< _ cence of the defendants, of the charge pr( I ferred against them, they will have test _ mony to rebut that of the State. As the te.< j timony will be conflicting, I have no ide r as to what will be the termination of thes cases. The trial of them promises to excit ^ considerable interest in the community, an * as both sides of the question at issue hav a their particular friends, the Court IIous will be crowded during the trial of thes cases. , An immense quantity of rain fell las j week in our town and county, and as a cor I sequence has interfered very much wit ' agricultural operations. It will have th " (effect of putting farmers considerably b( B hind in their work. The rain also worke an iniim: ?a_iui^i it_knnt nonnln u home. ^ Mr. I Mcl). Hood, Jr., has been rear I pointed by the Governor, Supervisor of Rejj istration for this county, lie is an efficien ~ and acceptable official. He will attend t the duties of his oflice on the 1st Monday c " each month until the 1st Monday of Julj t when the books will be closed. Those wh have lost their certificates or have becom qualified voters since the last registratioi * will now have an opportunity of obtaining f certificates. Rev. Marion Dargan, of the South Caroli na Conference, and Miss Annie Hickliti ' were married a few evenings since at th bride's residence near Richburg. The brid has a host of friends in this county wh wish her and her husband all possible hap > piness. 1 A colored woman on Mr. Win. Guy' place was so badly burnt oi.e day last week - that she died in a short lime. Standing to * near the fire, her dress caught lire, and - being unable to extinguish the flame, sh died, as stated, from the effects of the burn r ing. r Mr. Grandison Williams, one of the gooi 3 and substantial citizens of the Lowrysvill neighborhood, showed me a natural curios . Ity on last Saturday?a twin egg. Thi j "freak of nature" was composed of tw< parts, connected bv a cord, in one of whicl ' was the white, in theother the yellow. Th lien that laid this twin egg laid a natura " egg the same day. Rev. Mason Press! y has bought a beau tiful lot on main street, adjoining that o Mr. Joseph Wylie, with a view of buildinj 1 a residence thereon. The old house on tin ' lot was rolled by a number of colored mei ? to an adjoining lot, the front facing on Wy f lie Street. In consequence of the sickness of Judgi i Aldrich, the Circuit Court, for this county 3 will not be held this week. At ten o'clocl .?i ? ii.? 4ri W 1 Lins morning! nit? tn:iK ui mt* v^uuuj ?? 1 Curtis, Esq., called the names of the jurors and then adjourned the Court until ten o' - clock Tuesday morning. Later in the day r he received a" dispatch from the presiding - judge, directing him to adjourn the cour t until next Monday. j A considerable number of people are ii town to-day. Good and substantial farmers i the bono and sinew of the country, are her* I from every portion of the county. Not withstanding the damages sustained ty floods and storms, they are, for the mos ! part, in good spirits. Notwithstanding tin t crowd there is an amazing scarcity of new items. 1 picked up one solitary "dot" : / ' colored girl, on Mr. W. O. Guy's place, re j cently fell into a well and escaped uninjured l I was glad to meet to-day two of my ltoel . inn frionds. Mr. William Reid and Dr I Thos. Crawford. They look as if OldTinn } had dealt kindly with them. The mam ' friends of the latter will be pleased to hea: , that he contemplates changing his life o ; single-ble.ssedness. They earnestly hop* [ that he will drink deepof the springof mat I rimonial joy. The object of his visit her* 4 J was to assist in performing a surgical opera ' j tion for Mr. Harvey McDaniel, who suffer; "! from dropsy of the chest. The operatioi ' | was successfully performed. m. ; i THE NEWSPAPElTCOPYRIGHT. [ i The following is the text of the bill whicl f, has passed in the United States Senate grant i ing copyright to newspapers : > l 11 lie it enacted, etc., That any daily 01 f| weekly newspaper, or any association o r j daily or weekly newspapers, published ir -! the United States, or any of the Territories r j thereof, shall have the sole right to print -! issue and sell, for the term of eight hours 5: dating from the hour of going to press the t j contents of said daily or weekly newspaper; or the collected news or said newspaper as ; sociation, exceeding one hundred words ?: "Section 20. That for any infringement I' of the copyright granted by the first sectior [ of this Act the party injured may sue in anj _; court of competent jurisdiction and receive 1! in any proper action damages sustained bj ; him from the person making the infringe' [, ment, together with the costs of the suit.'' s J This measure is intended mainly as a pro, tection to daily morning papers in tholargei J cities, the news' matter of which is stereotyped by the "ready print" or patent out' side fraternity and shipped to rival dailies ! in the smaller towns within one or twe hours after the papers first containing the ' matter appear on the streets. H LOCAL AFFAIRS. 3J 1 | NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Ors. J. R. it R. Andral Bratton?Copartnership, f Ashe A Ashe, McConnellsvillo, S. C.?General i Merchandise. ! J. S. Mvers, Charlotte, X. C.?For Sale. W. Holmes Hardin, President?Railroad Meeting. John R. Ashe?Important to Farmers. 1 Withers Adiekes?New and Fresh Goods. , W. ('. Latimer?Gone North. S Kennedy Brothers it Barron?Grrden Seeds, itc. 2 Parish, MeKnight it Co.?Just Received. s j You will lind at G. H. O'Lcary's. ' M. Strauss?Sweeping Reduction. Look (Jut for J. M. Adams. r> , - ; GONE TO MARKET. ? ; ZNIr. T. M. Dobson started to the northern j markets last week to make his spring pur! chases, and on Tuesday last Mr. W. C. Latij nier started North for the same purpose. ASHE Ac ASHE. The above names?the senior of which is i\ the well known merchant of this place?con stitutea new firm at McConnellsville, where, e as will be seen by announcement elsewhere, they propose to conduct a general dry goods !j and grocery business, which will be under 't vtl?e control of Mr. \V. X. Ashe, Jr. e ** nrncitv t ( Mh'VTinN / 1 UI>OVl.llU (* INIrs. Mary L. Adickes and her daughter, INtiss Annie Lee, left for St. Augustine, y Florida, last Tuesday, on a visit to their i relatives, Dr. Alexander and family. >. Mr. James 15. Bell returned last week 11 from Arkansas, where lie has been living lj for the past three or four years. Mr. Bell II concludes that South Carolina is a better y place than Arkansas. J EPISCOPAL CHURCII. I_ The Church of the Good Shepherd, in e this place, has extended to Rev. E. N. Joy ner is a call to serve as rector of the parish for six 11 months, and the call has been accepted. Mr. Joyner officiated here last Sunday. ? Mr. Joyner has accepted a permanent call to r the rectorship of the Church of Our Saviour e at Rock Hill, but during his pastorate here d will ofticiateat the two churches on alternate h Sundays. s e CONDITION OF Mr. S. G. BROWN. We last week published an item to the *? effect that Samuel G. Brown, Esq., of Black's e Station, was quite ill with paralysis. Since the date of our last issue, Mr. Brown has > written a letter to a relative in this place, in y which he states his condition to be not so ^ bad as was at first thought. lie was suffer ing from congestion of the brain, and we n are glad to know that on Wednesday of last h week he was able to be out of bed. g SCHOOL TRUSTEES. I- The following appointments of school li trustees for the districts named have rei eently been made by the county board of e examiners: * King's Mountain School District?W. M. .g Faulkner vice Robert Love, resigned. [. Broad River Scliool District?Moses White g vice Dr. Darwin, resigned, i- Fort Mill School District?J. ('. Coltharp n vice Robert Harris, resigned. P PLANTING OPERATIONS. By reason of the continued wet weather [. and the general backwardness of the spring, i- the farmers are very much behind with a their work. But little plowing has been e done, though with settled weather soon but little time will have been lost. A backward e spring is one indication of a good crop year. ie It is too early yet to speak with certainty as ie to the damage to the fruit crop. From what we can learn, thesevere weather of the ^ winter was to some extent injurious to the oat crop?the earlier and the later sowings e being most seriously affected. CIICItCH~NO TICKS. c,' Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, x rcrsror. nervrces"ar imiTaneTphla Church next Sunday, at 10.30 A. M. Prayer meeting in the church at Yorkville every Wedit nesday night. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock 0 P. 31. ! Baptist?Rev. J. E . Covington, Pastor. J Services at Union next Sunday at 11 A. 31., e after which the sacrament of the Lord's n Supper will be administered. The Church ? will meet in conference on Saturday. In the church at Yorkville at 7.30 P. 31. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. o Robert Lathan, Pastor. Services will be e conducted in me cnurcn uv mis pmce, uu o next Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., by llev. R. A. Ross, D. D. Dr. Lathan will preach at Smyrna on the same day. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. 0 Services next Sunday at the usual hours, [, morning and evening. ? PETIT JURORS--SECOND WEEK. On Tuesday last, under the supervision of :1 Jury Commissioner McKnight the following c petit jurors were drawn to serve the second !" week of the approaching term of the Cir^ cuit Court: I, J. W. Chidden Bethesda. p W. II. Stewart Fort Mill. ~ J. F. Hinson Bethesda. J J. J. Paris Ebenezer. J. W. Quinn Broad River. - W. T. McKnight King's Mountain. if J. J. Ashe Bethesda. , D. \V. Bell King's Mountain. ? John E. Mason York. W. (t. Palmer Bullock's Creek. 1 J. It. Logan Bethesda. - George Mc. Riddle Bethel. t* U. .\. iMClMWee mtci. 2 John X. O'Farrell York. j W. A. Baber C'lierokee. . John D. Land York. v L. B. McFudden Catawba. * Hugh E. Jackson King's Mountain. i X. A. Matthews King's Mountain. - B. T. McLean York. , J. Jackson Rainey, colored Broad River. r Daniel Hudson, colored King's Mountain. J J. ('. Harper Bethel. J. F. Hyndman York. S. L. Milling Eheuezer. 1 W.H.Carroll Cherokee. !> W. M. Pegram Bethel. 3 S. Rufus Moore York. - W. G. Wilkie Broad River. r Perry Ferguson Bethel. f Jason McUill, colored Cherokee. D. D. Moore Catawba. " J. K. Brandon Bullock's Creek. s J. S. Bratton. Jr., Bethesda. t S. T. Ferguson York. I - Lee Lock hurt, colored Cherokee. I THE SCHOOL LAW. We have received a pamphlet copy of the ^ School Law of South Carolina, edition of f 1884, prepared and published in pursuance J. of law, under the direction of A. Coward, 3 State Superintendent of Education. We I have heretofore published the school law 3 and the various Acts supplemental or amen datory thereof; but for general information i we copy from the pamphlet the standing 1 resolutions of the State Hoard of Examiners, prescribing rules for the examination of teachers: 1 1. All examinations before County Boards . of Examiners must be in writing, except examination in reading, and must be conducted on nuestions prepared by the State ? Superintendent of Education; separate questions to be prepared for each of the three 1 grades. 3 2. The number 10 to be the maximum ' mark, and no applicant whose average at [ an examination is less than 8 on all the ; branches to receive a certificate. 5 3. At all examinations before County Boards, at least two members of the Board ; must be present. 4. All applicants before County Boards J shall be examined on orthography, reading, 4 writing, arithmetic, geography, English ' grammar, history of the United States and of this State. ;j. Applicants for teachers' State certificates must appear before the State Board ' of Examiners at the regular meetings, : which will be held in Columbia during tne . first week in May and the first week in . September of each year; and that in addi. tion to the branches of study mentioned in ' the foregoing rule, said applicants will be } examined in algebra, natural philosophy ' and physiology. Resolved, That in those cases in which applicants for examination fail to obtain even a third grade certificate, and where the necessities of the case require, the G'ounty Boards of Examiners shall be authorized to issue to such applicants a license to teach school at a reduced rate of compensation ; said license to be granted for one term only, and to be revokable at the pleasure of the Board granting the same. (Adopted May 2, 1878.) Resolved (1), That any County Board of Examiners may, in its discretion, recognize certificate granted in other Counties i as evidence of qualifiation to teach in the public schools, without subjecting the holdI ers of said certificates to another examination. Resolved, That in all cases in which first grade certificates have been granted to applicants upon the second series of questions for 187!), or upon any subsequent series, the County Boards of Examiners shall have authority to renew said certificates annually for a period of time not to exceed three years: Provided, That that the holders of such certificates shall give to the County Boards of Examiners satisfactory evidence of continued good character and of efficiency as teachers. (2) In like manner, County Boards of Examiners shall have authority to renew second grade certificates annually for a peri! ocl of time not to exceed two years. (3) All Applicants for third grade certificates shall be examined annually as heretofore. (Adopted September 2, 1879.) Resolved, That we recommend to the County Boards of Examiners throughout the State to hold examinations on the first Friday and Saturday in January and July of each year. (Adopted May 4, 1880.) Jtexolved, That the examination of teachers before County Boards of Examiners shall include a series of questions on the theory and practice of teaching, and that "Methods , of Teaching," by John Swett, and "Art of School Management," by J. Baldwin, be recommendeuas books of reference. (Adopted May 1, 1883.) U. S. DISTRICT COURT. The United States District Court atGreenville, Judge Bryan presiding, completed the business of the special term last Saturday, having been in session five weeks. The criminal docket for the term comprised one hundred and ninety-two cases, seventy-two of which have been continued to the August term. With the exception of three perjury cases, one of counterfeiting and one of robbing the mail, the docket was made up of the offences of moonshiners and their patrons and aids in the business of making and selling contrabrand whisky. During the term forty-eight cases were tried, resulting in twenty-eight verdicts of guilty, seventeen of not guilty, and three mistrials. In addition to these thirty-three defendants pleaded guilty to the informations filed against them, making the number of the guilty sixty-one in all. A number of cases were compromised by petition of the defendants to the department at Washington in the manner provided for by law, and with these included thirty-nine cases were marked "discontinued," which means, in the language of a colored defendant, "squashed." Of the sixty-one guilty defendants sentences were suspended against seventeen of them ; sentences were pronounced upon thirty, among them Wm. Mullinax, two months in York jail; Frank M. Medlock, four months in York jail ; and Geo. W. Moss and Curtis Moss, each one month in York jail. MELTON TO DEFEND CASH. District-Attorney Melton was aproached by a representative of the Greenville News last Friday night and asked about the rumor that he had been retained as one of the counsel to defend W. B. Cash. To the question, "Judge, is it true that you have been retained to represent Cash?" "It is," was the sententious response. Then Judge Melton added with some vehemence: "It is as clear a case of self defence as was ever put belore a jury. A <_wk amrxiive, and he will appear for trial at the proper time!" The JSeics man smiled a cold, sarcastic smile. Judge Melton, with the eloquence or the hand which is one of the charms of his oratory, extended that hand with an indescribable gesture which expressed the words he uttered immediately? "I hold Bogan Cash in my hand" he said : "he will be found and will surrender when I tell him to do it. No man in South Carolina onn rent1 tn him nt- t'.lLm him until T Siiv the word, and I will say it at the proper time." Somebody suggested that Gov. Thompson was not a man to be trifled with, and that he would probably find means to secure Mr. Cash without consulting him. "They can't do it," said the Judge, "it's an attempt to humiliate a brave man, and they can't do it. Cash will appear and make his defense at the proper time." "Will there be any attempt to remove the case to the United States Courts?" "Oh no," was the reply. The News further says: It is reported here that Colonel Richard Watts, of Laurens, brother-in-law to Cash, will be associated with Judge Melton as counsel. Many people in Greenville express the belief that Cash is in Laurens, rtUL/\uo>L 4-Lama ^nnmo tn Kn nA t/MinHatlAn (UllIUU^ll IUC1C OCCU1Q IU UV UVS iuuuuuuwit for the surmise beyond the known fact that he has connections there. It was whispered on Friday that Cash had been in Greenville since the murder and certain circumstances lend a color of truth to the story, although it is not a likely one. It is certain, however, that a man answering his description in some important particulars was in this city two or three clays after the shooting at Cheraw, and can not now be traced. ? The Columbia Register learns that on last Thursday, in the upper part of Richland county, the skeleton of a white man had been found about eight miles from the city, and near by was also discovered the skeleton of a monkey. It is not known who the man was, but is supposed to have been an organ grincier. Jfinaitcial aitb Commercial. Yorkville Market. REPORTED BY RIDDLE <t PEOR.VM. YORKVILLE, S. C\, March 12.?The following are the quotations of Cotton in this market: Good Middling 10 00 @ Middling 9 75 (<i> Strict Low Middling 9 50 (iy Low Middling 9 25 (a, Tinges 8 50 (?> 9 00 Stains 7 00 (a? 8 00 CHARLOTTE, March ll.-Cotton 0 11-10 to 10 1-10. CHARLESTON, March 10.?Cotton steady ; middling, lOjj. LIVERPOOL, March 10.?Cotton steady; middling, 52 d. NEW YORK, March 10.?Cotton quiet; uplands 102. Futures closed easy, with sales of 29,000 bales as follows: March 10.85 to 10.88; April 10.97 to 10.98; Mav 11.05 to 11.00; June 11.18 to 11.19; July 11.29 to 11.30; August 1 l.ASto 11.89; September 11.10to 11.13; October 10.71 to 10.73; November 10.01 to 10.03. Comparative Cotton Statement. NEW YORK, March 7.?The following is the comparative cotton statement for the week ending March 7 : 1884. 1883. Receipts at all ports for the week, 08,007 122,028 Total receipts to this date 4,372,128 4,984,837 Exports for week 105,072 128,474 Total exports to date, 3,009,594 3,351,972 Sfni>lr tit. ul 1 IT. S. nnrf? 901.112 905.909 Stock at all interior towns 108,665 140,185 Stock at Liverpool 909,000 908,000 American for Great Britain 250.000 220,000 special ftotins. Religious \oticc. Rev. W. W. Ratekford will preach at Beth Shiloh Church on the 5th Sabbath of March, 80th instant. March 13 11 3t The City of Augusta. Mr. H. C. Gercke, Augusta, Ga., highly recommends Norman's Neutralizing Cordial as the best, most pleasant, and the most harmless family medicine in existence. It is gaining a strong foothold in the households that have used it and si destined to become the most popular medicine in use. March 13 11 It