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Scraps and ,|acts. ! ? An engineer was killed by a snow slide j near Denver last Friday. ? Two hundred horses were sold at Lexington, Ky., last Saturday for $50,000. ? Four thousand immigrants landed in New York last Saturday. ?The Presbyterian General Assembly will meet in Vieksburg, Miss., next month. ? The town hail of Millen, Ga., was burned last Friday. A negro prisoner was roasted to death. ? A woman whipped a merchant in Galveston, Texas, last Saturday, because he had slandered her husband. ? There are 350 measures which have passed the Senate now awaiting the action of the house. ? The Boston Post says if the Mormons send fifteen missionaries to Texas, as is reported they will, they had better send men they can spare. ? Iowa liquor dealers and manufacturers are getting ready to fight the new prohibitory law in the courts, and it is reported .. . <t -a ? ' _ n n_i r? tnat titey nave reiainea Dom uoi. jtv. v*. Ingersoll and Gen. Ben F. Butler to help. ? The negro Dawse, whose five children were found murdered at his home near Waynesboro, Ga., some weeks ago, has confessed the crime. He gives nojcause for the deed. He will enter a plea of emotional isnanity. ? In Macon, Ga., on Tuesday night of last ast week, Wm. Landsburg, a well-known merchant of that city, was shot and instantly killed by J. R. B. Danforth, one of his clerks, in a difficuly originating in a proposed reduction of the clerk's wages. ? Gen. Grant was present at the St. James Hotel, New York, Tuesday evening with the committee which is getting up a fund to build a Confederate soldiers' home at Richmond. He said that he is heartily in sympathy with the movement. ? It has been decided to call no more witnesses in the Mississippi and Danville "outrage" investigations, and to lay before the Senate the testimony already taken. The reports of the sub-committees are not yet prepared. ? The Treasury Department has issued since March 19 warrants for the payment of about 16,000 claims for rebate of tobacco tax, 'aggregating about $1,400,000. These claims ' are being passed at the rate of 800 a day, ia ornonfflfl +n hovo f.ham nil fiisrvwpd ?UU AV X*J VAJ^/VVWU W liiv I v va?VM? of in about forty days. ? A dispatch from Truckee, California, on the Central Pacific Road, says that three hundred feet of snow shed fell last Saturday ' half a mile west of the summit, covering a working train and a number of Chinese laborers. Six Chinamen have been taken out dead and five others seriously wounded. ? A portiom of Rome, Ga., was overflowed on Wednesday of last week. The flood lasted only one day, and very little damage was done in the city. No lives were lost and, no houses or stock destroyed. The damage to new planted crops on rich river bottoms must be considerable. The rivers are now every where within their banks. ?Governor Ireland, of Texas, has issued a proclamation restoring in the border counties the law against carrying concealed weapons, which on account of the hostile incursions of Indians, was suspended by ? reclamation in June, 1881. The Governor eclares the law to be in full force and effect all over the State on and after May 1st. ? San Antonio, Texas, was visited last Saturday evening with a terrible rain and wind storm. Residences were badly damaged fences blown down and trees uprooted. Reports received in San Antonio from the surrounding country stated that the damage from the storm had been very extensive, but no details were given. A severe storm occurred at Dallas on the same day. ? The vessels for the next Arctic expediare now being fitted up in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and the Bear, to be command* * ^ 1 A- i -?:i~J eu Dy capt. r^mery, was to nave saueu 10day. Captain Emery will proceed to St. John's, and after taking in coal will proceed north, hoping to reach Disca Island by the middle of May. The second vessel of the expedition will sail about the oth of May. ?The business failures throughout the country occurring during the past seven days ending last Friday, as reported by telegraph to R. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 160 and for Canada 16, or a total of 176, as compared with 214 the previous week?a reduction of 38 failures. The decrease is apparent in every section of the country, and particularly in Canada, where the failures are less than in any week for many months. ? Theodore Hoffman was hanged at White Plains, N. Y., last Friday, for the murder of Zife Parks, a Jew peddler. On the same day, at Eastman, Ga., Willis Hodges, colored, was hanged for the murder of Lizzie Jones, colored, on the 28th of December last. At Greenville Ga., Tobe Turner, colored, a condemned murderer, escaped the gallows by choking himself to death with a pocket handkerchief early on Friday morning, the day appointed for the execution. ? On Wednesday night of last week fifty masked men went to Jackson, Breathitt county, Kentucky, and took Henry Kilburn, white, and Ben Strong, colored, who were confined in jail there, and hanged thpm. Kilhurn was chareed with the raur der of William Thorp last January. Strong was suspected of being concerned in the same murder. Notice was pinned on one of the victims, stating that all perpetrators of snch crimes would receive like punishment. Kilburn had killed eight men. ? Surely the war is over. A Louisiana State flag offered for competition at a recent bazaar of the Continental Guards, of New Orleans, was awarded to Joseph A. Mower Post, Grand Army of the Republic, by a large majority of the ballots, and on Saturday evening last the Guards visited the post in full uniform and delivered the flag. Friendly speeches were exchanged and a supper was served, after which various toasts, expressive of the good will existing between the citizens generally and the post, were offered and responded to. ? Twenty bodies were taken out of the Pocahontas mine last Saturday, nine of which were identified, notwithstanding their decomposed condition. This makes one hundred and nine bodies taken out. Some half dozen or more are supposed to be buried in the debris. These will not be recovered until the mine is cleared out, and it Is thought there are some who will never be found. All but three of the bodies have been buried near the scene of the explosion in a burying ground selected and allotted as their "last resting place by the owners of the mine. ? The Southern Railroad Time Convention held a meeting in New York on Wednesday of last week. Representatives of the principal Southern roads attended. The primary object of the convention was to determine the schedule of through trains between New York and Jacksonville, New Orleans and other Southern points. It was decided that there should be no change of time between New York and Washington, and that when local changes were made South of Washington they should take effect May 11th. ? Frank James, the bandit, appeared before the United States Court at Huntsville, Alabama, last Friday. He sat near his wife and child. The morning session was occupied in getting witnesses together and empanelling a jury. The charge against James is conspiracy to rob A. J. Smith, a Government official, of So,000 on March 11th, 1881. Jesse James, Bill Ryan, James Hill and Dick Liddell are also included in the indictment. Three witnesses for the Government believed they could identify James, but neither of them could swear positively. ? On the 25th of February, in New Hope township, Chatham county, N. C., there fell from a cloudless sky a shower of liquid resembling blood. It covered a space of from fifty to seventy feet, the drops ranging in size from the ordinary rain drop to the : size of the end of man's finger, on an aver age of about one drop to a square foot. It had the appearance and smell of fresh ! blood. A quantity of it was collected by Dr. Alston, who gave it to Prof. E. B. j Venable, of the State University, who has j had it analyzed and pronounces it real blood. The question now is where did it come from, and how did it get into the clouds. ? Heavy rains in Arkansas last week caused much damage to railroad and other property. Nearly all the small streams are again very high and are overflowing the lowlands. Owing to washes no trains o: the Iron Mountain Railroad go furthei South than Arkadelphia. The bridge ovei Bear Creek, fifteen miles South of Pint Bluffs, on the Texas and St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railroad has been washed away Many portions of the flat prairie country North of Devall's Bluff, on the Memphii Road, present the appearance of lakes, vasi sheets of water covering the surface foi many miles. ? On Thursday night last, the Vestry o the Protestant Episcopal Church at Tama Sua, Pa., voted to close their church anc ismiss their pastor, the Rev. W. R. Burk because he persisted in marrying agains their wishes. The rector is a resolute independent and courageous man, whc has preached eloquently, it is said, anc whose character is above reproach. Wher a few weeks ago he announced his intentioi of marrying, the name of the bride causec a commotion among some members of the congregation, who held that she was not ? fit associate for them or a fit wife for theii pastor. The Vestry protested, but the mar riage was celebrated and the congregatior absented itself from the wedding. ibc inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C. : THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1884 SUPREME COURT DECISION. York County, plaintiff, appellant and respondent, vs. S. M. Few ell, defendant, respondent and appellant. Appeal from York March term, 1883. In 1882, fifty-eight citizens of York county po titioned the county commissioners, praying foi the opening of a new road from Ebenezer t< Rock Hill, over the lands of defendant and oth ers. After considering the petition and givinj the notice required by law, the county coinmis sioners, on the 3rd of July, 1882, appointee Messrs. E. M. Law, J. J. Miller and J. R. Londor special commissioners to lay out the road and as sess damages. On the 15th of July the special commissioner! reported as follows: "We have laid off the road as directed, fron Rie west corner of the lot known as the "Berrj .Fiace," on tne soum siae 01 me preseiu ru?u, ? a point on the corporation line of Rock Hill where said line crosses the line between thelandi of S. M. Fewell and A. H. White. The route foi said new road has been indicated by stakes marking the middle of road, and such trees a.< are on the line have been marked as a further in dication of the route. The said road to extend i distance of fifteen feet on each side of the line as marked. We find that said road passes througt the lands of A. F. Fewell and S. M. Fewell, anc we assess the damages to said parties as follows to A. F. Fewell, $25.00; to S. M. Fewell, $250.00.' This report was filed on the 21st of August 1882, and at the same time exceptions were filed by the defendant, and the board of county commissioners consented to the introduction of evidence in support of his exceptions. The exceptions were as follows : "1. Because the compensation allowed is wholly inadequate to the damage inflicted. 2. Because the road, as laid off, does not conform tc the provisions of law, being thirty feet wide, instead of twenty feet. 3. Because it is not the besl and shortest road between the points." On the 12th of February, 1883, as appears by the minutes of the board of county commissioners, the report of the special commissioners appointed for the purpose of laying off tho road, "was taken up and carefully examined, and il was resolved to receive and confirm the report ae a whole, tho commissioners being satisfied from the evidence taken upon the exceptions, both as to the necessity for, and the course of, the road as laid out, and with the amount of damages given to A. F. Fewell and S. M. Fewell, respectively." From this decision of the county commissioners the defendant appealed to the Circuit Courl on the following grounds : "1. The compensation awarded by the reporl of the special commissioners is insufficient, and against the evidence as to the true amount ol damages and compensation. 2. Because the road laid out by the commissioners is contrary to law as to the width thereof. 3. Because the location is improper. 4. Because said highway or road is unnecessary, there being twoother roads open, and declared" as highways, between the same points connected by this' road. 5. Because twc of the commissioners appointed by the board tc lay off said highway, were parties to the proceedings before the county commissioners.' At March term, 1883, of the Circuit Court, Judge Kershaw presiding, the case was heard upon the papers, testimony and argument oi counsel, whereupon his Honor rendered the following decree: The first ground of appeal is that the compensation awarded is insufficient and against the evidence. The law requires that just compensation shall be made to the proprietor of lands taken for public uses, and the preponderance ol the testimony here raises great doubt as tc whether the sum allowed by the commissioners is sufficient to fully compensate the defendant, When there is so wide a difference of opinion as is manifested in the testimony, I think it propei to refer that question to the determination ol a jury. It is very probable that the defendanl woula have a riglit to the verdict of a jury before he could be deprived of his property; but sit all events the circumstances here are such as to satisfy me of the propriety of hiking the course sugcrested. As to tbc objection to the width of the road, the Act of 1825, upon which the appellant rests his objection, was repealed by the General Statutes of 1872. And I find no law now limiting the commissioners in any case, in laying off a highway, to ono of less than 50 feet in width, If a highway leading to Camden in 1825 would reasonably require to be of that width, as may be inferred from the law then enacted, a highway to Rock Hill, and so near to that town as this, would reasonably require as much space, and I apprehend that in the absence of any statute law forbidding it, the authority to lay off a highway would include or imply the power to give if a reasonable width. The propriety of laying off the highway and the necessity and "propriety of the location, are matters so much in the discretion of the commissioners, that in the absence of manifest unfairness or impropriety, the Court would not interfere. The circumstances here are not such, certainly, as would make it proper to overturn the decision of the special commissioners, appointed by the county commissioners. It is ordered aud adjudged that it be referred to a jury at the next term of the Court for York county," upon the testimony already taken herein, to aseertai n, upon an issue to be framed for that purpose, and submitted to them, the amount of compensation to be allowed theappellant, Samuel M. Fewell, for damages which will be sustained by him by reason of the laying off and establishment of the said highway, and that in all other resnects the action of the county conunis sioners and their determination of "the matter involved in this appeal, bo confirmed and made the judgment of this Court. That upon the finding of tho jury upon the question of damages, the appellant have judgment for the amount by them to be determined, upon the approval of the same bv the Judge presiding at the rendition of the verdict. The cost of this appeal to await the determination of the issue herein directed. From this decree the plaintiff' appealed to the Supreme Court on the following exceptions: "1. That the Circuit Judge erred in referring the question of compensation to a jury, and in not sending it back to tho county commissioners to appoint a new board of special commissioners to assess the damages, as contemplated by law ; or in not himself appointing said special commissioners for said purpose. 2. That his Honor erred in referring the said question of compensation to a jury 'upon the testimonv already taken herein,' whereas it should have \)een submitted tothejurv de novo, or at least without any restriction upon the right of either party to introduce such testimonv as he might be advised to otter. 3. That his Honor erred in not making the judgment for the amount of damages (when determined) conditional upon the appropriation of defendant's land by the plaintiff" or its agents." And the defendant also appealed to the Supreme Court on the following exceptions to the Circuit decree : "1. In holding that the statute fixing twentv feet as the width of roads to be laid out (with sundry exceptions) had been repealed. 2. In sustaining the act of the county commissioners in appropriating thirty feet in width of land for a road between Ebenezer and Rock Hill, in York county." On these exceptions both parties to the case went to the Supreme Court, and argument was heard at the last (November) term. The following is the decision of the Supreme Court: After reciting from the "Case" all the facts above given, noting the essential points in Judge Kershaw's decree, and quoting entire the plaintiffs grounds of appeal, the Supremo Court say: The defendant's appeal is based upon the ground that there was error in establishing the width of the road at thirty instead of twenty feet. Before the "Case" was settled or agreed upon, the ? attorney for the plaintiff served a written notice f on the attorneys for the defendant, consenting to . a re-formation of the judgment, so that the width' of the road should be fixed at twenty instead of " thirty feet, as provided by Section 1,064 of Gen eral Statutes of 1882, which seems to have been t overlooked on the Circuit. This, it seems to us, . disposes of the appeal on the part of the defendr ant, as it concedes to him all that he could obtain 3 by the judgment of this Court sustaining his ap. peal. c It only remains, therefore, to consider the apr peal on * behalf of the plaintiff*. But under the view which we take of the case, it will not be f necessary to consider the grounds in detail. It seems to us that the parties have entirely mis[ taken the mode of proceeding provided by law 1 for ascertaining the amount of compensation to ? which a land-holder, whose lands may be apt propriated for a public highway, slioufd bo en, titled. The Constitution, Article I, Section 23, ) provides that "Private property shall not bo [ taken or applied for public use, or for the use of corporations, or for private use, without the consent of the owner, or a just compensation being | made therefor;" but it does not provide any l mode by which the amount of such compensai tion shall be ascertained. That was left for the I Legislature to do. -Accordingly, in Section 1550 r of the General Statutes, and those immediately succeeding, provision is made for that purpose: " "Whenever any person or corporation shall be 1 authorized by charter to construct a railway, canal, turnpike, or other put/lie highway," &c. (The italics being ours.) Sub-division 9 of Section oil of tno uenerai Statutes, under which the parties seem to havo proceeded in this case, makes no provision for the assessment of the amount of compensation to which a land-holder may be entitled, whose land is appropriated for the use of the public as a highway, by the special commissioners therein authorized to be appointed. It simply authorizes the board of county commissioners to appoint special commissioners to lay out public highways, and after they are so laid out, then, for the purpose of acquiring the right of way, tlio mode prescribed by Section 1550 and those immediately succeeding must be pursued. It is true that some of the language employed in these Sections would seem to indicate that they were intended to apply to railway and other like companies ; but as Ihe Constitution expressly declares that private property shall not be taken or applied even to public uses without the consent of the owner, or without just compensation being made therefor, and as there does not se em to be any other law providing a mode by which the amount of such compensation shall be ascertained, we think the fair and necessary construction is that the mode prescribed by these Sections must be pursued when private property is to be taken or applied to the use of tne public, by the establishment of a public highway. We think, therefore, that it was" error to refer the question of the amount of compensation to which the defendant was entitled to a jury, to be determined by them upon the evidence previously taken; but that on the contrary* the amount of such compensation should be ascertained in the mode herein above indicated. The judgment of this Court is that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed. Opinion by Mclver, A. J. Simpson, C. J., and McGowan, A. J., concur. Filed, April 14th, 1884. C. E. Spencer for plaintiff; Hart <ft Hart and Gage for defendant. REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION. The Republican State Convention met in the hall of the House of Representatives on Tuesday of last week. T. R. Miller, colored, of Beaufort, Chairman of the Executive Committee, called the Convention to order. In his remarks on this occasion, he denounced the Democrats as representing mob, law, assassination and the midnight torch ; he denounced the white Radicals for AL/\ ?->" m4-* . rvNAioA/1 fVin nAn/1 nnf rtf ( UC&Ci lllJg uie [Jill ly , jjimocu uic 1u11uu1.11 ui l the colored Republicans for their fidelity . during the worse than Egyptian darkness . since 1876, and demanded new men and new . issues. He urged a persistent fight for the control of the State government and the organization of the party in the middle and . up country. In conclusion he said: ) If I am retained in the position of Chairman of the Executive Committee I will advocate a t thorough organization of our party from the mountains to the seaboard. Let us do this, and - deplorable and damnable as is our condition, we will yet gain a victory. It may be a decade will pass before we achieve this'victory, but ' finally come it must. The idea of our coming , here merely to send delegates to Chicago is cow; ardly and weak. Let us enter upon our duty , and discharge it in a manly way. Remember that though you may assist in nominating a 1 President you cannot assist in electing him. 1 I trust that our deliberations may be marked > by harmony and good feeling and that we may . accomplish'what we have come hereto do. In . September we will hold another convention to nominate State officers. Then we will see who will be willing to serve us. " Smalls was elected temporary Chairman : by acclamation, and on taking the chair, he endorsed the sentiments of Miller. Henry Noah was nominated for temporary Secre1 tarv Tho dnv wn? snpnt, in rlppidinc con f "?*j i..v -r ? ci [ tests from six counties, and a permanent organization was not effected until 9 o'clock i P. M., which was done by the election of I the temporary officers as permament offii cers. \ After the permanent organization, resolu, tions of regret at the deatli of Hon. E. W. . M. Mackey were adopted. A similar resolution was adopted relative to the death of , E. A. Brabham, of Hampton county; and a I resolution of condolence with Gen. U. S. r Grant, in his recent accident and expressing . appreciation of his soldierly qualities and eminent statesmanship. Paris Simpkins, of Edgefield, introduced 5 the following, which was adopted : Resolved, That in view of the embarrassing ! circumstances growing out of the assassination f of the late lamented President, James A. Gar> field, and the extremely delicate positiofi in J which the present incumbent, President Chester A. Arthur, was placed, we, the Republicans of * South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do * heartily endorse the administration of President f Arthur as wise, economical and just, without ' reproach or stain, and perfectly harmonious in ' all its departments. | Nominations for delegates at large were . then made as follows: E. M. Brayton, Robert Smalls, W. N. Taft and Samuel Lee. , Nominations were made with the most laudatory remarks and that each of the nominees had sacrificed self for the maintenance of the party. The only thing that spoiled the good effect was the mutual admiration i that the party expressed for each other. The delegates at large, as nominated, were elected and the convention adjourned i sine die. DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. ! The following are the delegates to Chicago elected by the District Conventions: | 1st District?J. M. Freeman, colored, of Charles' ton ; E. A. Webster, white, of Orangeburg. 2d District?Paris Simpkins, colored, or Edge' field; S. E. Smith, colored, of Aiken. ! 3d District?E. F. Blodgett and R. W. Boone, both white and both from Newberry. 4th District?Wilson Cook, colored, of Greenville ; C. M. Wilder, colored, of Richland. 1 5th District?C. C. McCoy, white, of Chester; E. H. Dibble, colored, of Kershaw. flth District?D. T. Corbin, white, of Charleston ; E. H. Deas, colored, of Darlington. 7th District?T. B. Johnston, white of Charleston ; W. H. Thompson, colored, of Berkeley. Escape and Capture.?Thos. L. Shields, the murderer of Joseph G. Sitton, made his escape from the Charlotte jail some time before day light on Tuesday morning of last week, having been aided by a party of friends who broke into the jail from the out-, side, unlocked the door of Shields' cell and turned him at liberty. The rescue was effected during the prevalence of a heavy thunder storm, and was evidently well planned, but for some reason not yet explained, failed by some misunderstanding after the prisoner gained the street. lie was escorted by his rescuers, as he says himself, to the outskirts of town, and they gave him a bottle of whisky and told him to do the best he could. The supposition is that a carriage was to be in waiting for him, but by a misunderstanding, he failed to meet it, or the driver did not keep his appointment, and Shields then commenced wandering aimlessly about. He went to the house of Capp. Orr, about six miles from Charlotte, claiming his protection. Orr gave him his breakfast, and some blankets with permission to take a few hours' rest in his barn; but in the meantime Orr went to Charlotte to notify the officials. When they returned to Orr's house, Shields had gone, but he was captured on the following morning near the residence of Mr. Green Fespe^man, in Hopewell neighborhood. lie w.vS under the influence of whisky and morphine when taken, and on arriving at the iail the physician soon ascertained that he had taken drugs with a suicidal intent, but succeeded in restoring him. He doe3 not tell who j helped him escape, but exonorates his fami- j ly and the jailor from all knowledge of the | fact. After conviction he appealed to the Supreme Court and his case was argued three weeks ago, but no decision has yet been announced. ?The Delaware Republican Convention at Dover last Saturday was controlled by j the Blaine and county-rights Republicans. I The stalwarts were defeated for the first J time in ten years, and the party organiza- j ( tion was changed and popularized. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Hart <fc Hart?Attorneys at Law. J. Beatty Williams, Judge of Probate?CitationJohn T. Lowry, Applicant?Mrs. E. E. Alexander, deceased. T. S. Jefferys?Xavassa Guano. J. M. Adams?Stoves?New Goods?Lamps, <fcc. Withers Adickes?The Adickes' Building. James B. Allison, Clerk?To Contractors. T. M. Dobson?I Have Seen with My Own Eyes. W. C. Latimer?Dress Making. H. F. Adickes?What Can Be Done at II. F. Adickes'. Hunter A Oates?Monday Morning at the Mammoth. L. Lowry Smith?Fancy and Staple Groceries. UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1885. We will furnish the Enquiher from this date until January 1st, 1885, for fl.80, the cash in all cases, to accompany the subscription. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS. The Governor has appointed as assistant supervisors of registration for York county, Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal and Mr. John F. Oates. For Chester county, Mr. J. B. McFadden and W. A. C? 1- W-,. ' ttiuiuur:*, state medical association. The South Carolina Medical Association met in annual session, in Florence, on Tuesday last. The delegates from the York County Medical Society are Dr. J. R. Bratton, of Yorkville, and Dr. T. A. Crawford, of Rock Hill. The former left heraon Monday to attend the meeting. "7~ large fish. Mr. J. D. C'olcock returned from the coast, last Saturday night, and as an evidence of his success at fishing, brought with him a drum fish weighing Go pounds, which he caught himself. Ho placed it on exhibition Monday morning, and it was viewed by many as?n Gbject of curiosity. heavy rainfall. There has been a heavy rainfall since Monday morning. Rain fell continuously nearly all of the day on Monday, and until late in the night. Tuesday was cloudy and quite cool, and yesterday the temperature was more that of December than Aj>ril, with indications of continued rain. Farming operations are greatly retarded by the latest rains. personal^ mention. Mr. Joseph Herndon started on a trip yesterday evening, to the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, for the purpose of visiting his son, Mr. J. Finekney Herndon, who has been living in the Territory for several years. This is quite an extended trip for a gentleman of Mr. Herndon'a age to undertake, and his friends wish him a pleasant journey and a safe return. ttip tpni/iva ?i it r rc A J&Li J JU11 X\lll O l%ll jjuqi At a meeting of the Jenkins Rifles, of this place, held at their armory 011 Tuesday night liist, Captain J. R. Ljndsay and Lieutenant R. A. Parish resigned thefr commissions. The vacancies have not yet been tilled. The company, for the present, is under the command of Orderly Sergeant II. C. Strauss. ancient coin. Master Darby Owen found on Mr. JrR. Lewis' lot the other day, an ancient Portuguese copper coin. It is of the circumference of an American dollar, but not quite so thick. On one side is the inscription, "Africa Portugneza, 1785," encircling the initials M. A. C. V. On the reverse side is the Portuguese coat of arms encircled by the inscription, "Maria?i?e?Petrusma?Gregs?p? e?d?Guinea?." TrC. admitted to bail. James R. Hoyle, committed to the jail in this place on the 15th of last February, charged with shooting anil wounding J. R. Strickland, in the town of Clover, on that duy, was admitted to bail last Thursday on his own recognizance, in a bond of 3200 for his appearance at the next term of the Court of Sessions, to answer the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. He deposited the amount of his bond with the Clerk of the Court. At one time Strickland's wound was thought to be so serious as to endanger his life; but in tho opinion of physicians no fatal results will now ensue from it. V CONTRACT* AWARDED. The contract for painting the Court House was awarded on Monday last by the County Commissioners to Nelson Davies, his bid, $365 for furnishing all materials and performing tho work according to the written specifications, being the lowest of three proposals submitted. The house is to bo repaiuted, inside and out. The exterior of tho walls will be in imitation of English brown stone, the surroundings painted in colors to harmonize with it; and besides repainting all the interior wood work, the interior wills and ceilings are to be calsomined with the best quality of material. The price at which the work is undertaken seems quite reasonable, and the contractor has the skill to do a creditable piece of work. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Honor, at Cl 1-* 11 * !aofr\n onlrw?tnrl Pbno_ IUUII ruuuni/ ocasiun m viiancoiuu, ncit>,ivu ter as the next place of meeting. The following are the officers for the ensuing year : A. Coward, Grand Dictator. Julius L. Moses, Grand Vice-Dictator. M. L. Bonham, Jr., Grand Assistant Dictator. B. G. Clifford, Grand Chaplain. J. D. Maxwell, Grand Guide. G. W. Holland, Grand Reporter. J. T. Robertson, Grand Treasurer. M. B. McSweeney, Grand Guardian. P. H. Wardlaw, Grand Sentinel. W. R. Delgar, H. S. Williams, J. L. Addison, Grand Trustees. Col. A. Coward was elected representative to the Supreme Lodge for two years, and Dr. George Howe was elected alternate to the Supreme Lodge for the same length of time. REV. T. B. BOYD. We have before us a letter to a gentleman of th is place, announcing the death in Columbia, on the 4tli instant, of Rev. Thomas B. Boyd, of the South Carolina Conference, M. E Church, South. He was a native of York county and was tho eldest son of Mr. Benjamin P. Boyd, who moved from this place to Charlotte, N. C., a few years ago. Mr. Boyd graduated from the Charleston Citadel Academy, and was a man of superior intollect. Shortly after the war ho married Miss Mary Easterlin, of Orangeburg, and for a time was engaged in farming. He was licensed as a local minister and placed in charge of the Barnwell circuit which he served acceptably for oho year. At the Annual conference In Greenville in 1882, he was received in full connection with that body and filled several appointments with great satisfaction. For the last three years his health having failed him, he was a supernumerary. The disease which terminated his life was consumption of the bowels. He loaves a widow and one child, a daughter. He was buried in Orangeburg county. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. A. Mood, Pastor. Rev. J. M. Carlisle will preach in the church in Yorkville at both forenoon and evening service. Second quarterly meeting at Mt. Vernon Church, next Saturday and Sunday, and preaching by pastor and the presiding elder. Preaching at Philadelphia Church by Rev. L. A. Johnson. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services in this church at 7.45 P. M. Friday ; at 11 A. M., and 7.45 P. M.t Saturday, and at the usual hours, morning and evening, on Sunday. sacrament 01 me i-ioru s supper ui? muimug service on Sunday. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. It. A. Webb, of Bethel. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services in this church next Sunday at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.30 A. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at Tirzah on Friday and Saturday. Communion on Sunday. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. W. Y. Love. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Services next Sunday, forenoon and evening, at the usual hours. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. CORONER'S INQUEST. On the night of the 14th instant Adolphus Peeler, colored, died suddenly at the house of his grandfather, Ligo Peeler, on the lands of Mr. : J. M. Whitesides, on Clark's Fork. The cir- 1 cumstances of his death were such as to war- j rant an inquest, and accordingly on the following day, J. M. Caldwell, Coroner, issued a warrant for that purpose, and the following jury was summoned : R. W. Whitesides, foreman; M. R. Nichols, David Wallace, J. W. Quinn, Whitakor Ramsey, R. J. Quinn, Alexander Hunt, Wade Price, Wm. Byers, Wm. Allison, David Hemp- , hill and Fred Wallace. A number of witnesses , were sworn and examined, who testified to the < general bad health of tho deceased since he had \ been living in that neighborhood; and J. P. ] Hambright, M. D., testified that two months ago he was called to see the deceased, whom he found to bo afflicted with Hcrofula. Sinco ho' 1 was dead had examined his body and found no I ( marks of violence, and believes that he came to his death from the effects of the disease with which he was afflicted. In accordance with the testimony the verdict of the jury was that the deceased came to his death "by a natural disease of scrofula by the hand of God." LAST. IIUT NOT LEAST. Messrs. Hunter <k Gates deferred the Spring opening of their millinery goods until the pros?nt week, having placed the various attractions in this department of their business on exhibition last Tuesday. An inspection of their goods shows that they have a large and fine assortment of millinery, including all the fashionable shapes and styles of hats and bonnets. Among the styles shown us wero Sans Pariel, Broadway, Brentwood, Fedora, Wild Rose, Marcollo, Tortoise, Glendale, Harlequin, Adie, Mountain Queen, Elsie, Sunbeam, Melville, Dollie I)., the Helmet, <fce., all of which are stylish and becoming, as may suit the wearer's fancy. A beautiful hat, the style of which originated in the house, and was made entire by the trimmer, is denominated the "Mammoth," not from its huge proportions, but in consonance with the nameof the tony house it so creditably represents. The shape is pleasing, and the material is cream satin, trimmed with pompon, plume, and Spanish lace of the same shade, pearl buckles, and humming bird. To Miss Rosa Lindsay, the trimmer, is entitled the credit of devising this beautiful specimen of the milliner's art. She is a young lady of fine taste and displays rare skill in all the work that passes through her hands. The millinery department of Hunter <fc Oates' house is fitted up in an elegant manner, and filled with a choice selection of goods. Miss Eliza Enloe is the accomplished sales-lady in this department, and she will take pleasure in showing tho goods to all visitors. The opening will continue the remainder of tho week, and aside from its attractions to the ladies, the elegant store room is handsomely arrayed in spring garb, displaying an attractive stock of dry goods that will well repay a visit. ??? ??M Written for the Yorkvllie Enquirer. MILITARY DECADENCE. Editor of the Enquirer : Please allow me a few lines in your columns to call public attention to the shameful neglect of our local military organization. The Adjutant and Inspector General has appointed May 8, proximo, to meet our company here, and tho Jenkins Rifles are on the ragged edge of dissolution. The readers of Dr. Moore's Reminiscences of York in your last issue, might justly ask, whither has flown tho martial spirit which apparently pervaded this vicinity in the last generation, when, on the occasion of the noble LaFayette's visit, eighty (801 uniformed men, mounted, at that, on caparisoned steeds, went from here to Columbia to nelp honor the hero. A call for 80 such men now?in an age boasting of transcendent progress?I fear, would prove as futile as calling spirits from the vasty deep. It seems that they would not heed the summons. Xo desire for bloodv warfare permeates my own puny frame; I much rather 6refer the more peaceful'sHs of merchandising. ut, few doubt the propriety of an efficient militia. The wisest mind which ever appeared in these terrestrial embodiments?save one, the allwise?tells us that there is a time for everything. A well disciplined company could not only be made enjoyable and improving, but might at some time'be of great use and even a dire necessity. Shall we meet Gen. Manigault properly on May 8, or not ? If not, we forfeit to the State our guns, etc., and the Jenkins Rifles will probably be no more. Besides, we lose our share of the money appropriation of the Legislature. Suppose our paraphernalia are given to a colored company because we will not use them. Such a thing is not impossible. Now is a most opportune time for new membership. The financial problem?generally the main obstacle?is solved. We have a very sightly outfit paid for. The expenses need only be nominal. Our only want is staunch members. Fellow citizens, the good name of our community is somewhat at stake. Young men, come to the*rescue. Lotus raise up, with untarnished hue the White Rose of York. Yours respectfully, Withers Adickes. POLITICAL NOTES. ? Blaine's friends claim a majority of delegates from new Jersey and Delaware. ? The New York Republican delegation to the National Convention stands seven for Blaine and sixteen for Arthur. ? The local Republican conventions of New York city favor Arthur for President, and those outside +he city mostly favor Blaine. ? The Atlanta, Ga., Constitution (Dem.) does not see now any inemoer 01 can oujeci to the Education bill, which will chiefly benefit his own section. ? The resolutionsof the Illinois Republican convention request the delegates appointed from the State at large and instruct those appointed by the convention to vote for Logan at the National Convention. ? The Democrats of West Virginia in convention, have fired the first gun for Tilden, by instructing the delegates from that State in the National Convention to vote for him. ? The seats in the National Republican Convention remaining, after supplying one to each delegate and alternate, 1,000 to the Chicago local committee, and reserving from 400 to 600 for the daily press, will be distributed to the several States in exact proportion to the number of their delegates. ? Lincoln's chances are pretty good for the Vice Presidency nomination. He is named in connection with every presidential name suggested bv the Republicans but Logan's and probably would be hitched to Logan's if Logan was not from Illinois, which is also Lincoln's State. -Ex-Senator Joseph E. McDonald was formally declared a Democratic candidate for President by the Indiana Association of Washington City Thursday evening. The ceremonies were chiefly conducted by Senator Daniel W. Voorhees, who pronounced a magnificent eulogium upon the great representative of Democracy. ? Johnathan Norcross, the headlight of the white Jt-tepuDiican movement in ueorgia, has written a letter to the Atlanta Constitution in which he says the plan for separate white and colored political organizations seems to take well with the colored voters. In its adoption we can, he says, in my opinion, get rid of the political tramps and bummers, and relieve to a great extent our State of floating aud vagrant voters, which are a curse to any community. ? The banquet of the Iroquois club, in Chicago on Tuesday night of last week, was chiefly remarkable for a letter from Mr. Tilden. The distinguished Democratic leader excused himself from personal attendance on account of a pressure of business; but his letter contains much timely advice to the party. He says that he no longer asEires to be a leader in the great work of ringing about a change of administration, but he has not lost his faith in the ultimate happy deliverance of the country from the iniquitous rule of the dominant party. The King's Mountain Tin Ore Dis co very.?A Charlotte dispatch of last {Saturday says: Developments at King's Mountain in search tor tin stone, of which so much has been lately said in the papers, has satisfied the most incredulous that tin ore has been found there in abundance. A vein from five to seven feet thick has been uncovered for six hundred yards and the outcroppings indicate that the vein is at least a mile long. It is located near the dividing line between the Laurentian granite and Huronian slates, possibly found in no other Eortion of the Atlantic slope. The vein has een tapped at seven places to disclose its presence and at two points shafts have been sunk to the depth ot 23 feet, and at one of the shafts the vein is walled from the surface downward by slate and mica schist, showing the permanency of the vein. Tin ore taken from one portion of the vein by which the shaft was sunk, under analyses by Dr. Dabney, State chemist, showed 62 per cent, metallic tin, a specimen being selected as a representative piece. Analysis have been made by Dr. Dabney, State chemist, Prof. Geo. B. Hanna, assistant assayer at the United States assay office, Charlotte, and the Chemist expert of the Richmond j and Danville Railroad company, all with | the same general result. The discovery is on lands in the suburbs of the village on what is known as the Falls' property, but has been bonded by a company engaged in the development of minerals. The company is without the necessary capital to work the mine with any degree of success, but j are holding it for sale to parties who have I capital. It is no longer a venture, but a j solid realty, and one which only awaits the necessary amount of capital to prove a bonanza to the lucky purchaser. ? A child of Ben Miller, colored, of Newberry, died on April 16 from drinking concentrated lye. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. In the Senate on the 14th, a petition was presented from Mrs. J. A. Garfield and others, praying for the passage of a bill providing for the return of the Nez Perces Indians to their old home. The consideration of the naval appropriations bill was resum; ed, and after some unimportant amendj ments, the bill was passed. The Senate [then took up the special order, it being a j bill to establish a uniform system of bank' ruptcy. The bill was considered by sections, and pending its debate the Senate went into executive session. In the House, under the call of the several States, a number of bills, were introduced; but a call of the members showed no quorum and the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the loth, the Bankruptcy bill was taken up as unfinished business, and considered by sections. The section agreed to provides that any person owing provable uebts exceeding $300 may voluntarily petition to be adjudged a bankrupt, and that any trader owing debts in excess of S1,000 who leaves his State to avoid his creditors, or coneeals himself to avoid arrest or service of legal process, or makes fraudulent transfer of his property, or conceals or removes the same to avoid process, or with intent to defraud his creditors procures or suffers judgment to be procured against him, or who, being actually insolvent, suffers his property to be seized on execution and fails within twenty days to redeem it, or has suspended payment of his accounts for a period of thirty days after they were due and payable, shall be deemed to have committed an act of bankruptcy and may be adjudged a bankrupt on petition filed by three or more of his creditors. Adjourned. In the House, the Morrison Tariff bill was discussed in committee of the whole until adjournment. In the Senate, on the 16th the consideration of the Bankruptcy bill was continued. Amendments were offered by George, Hoar, Ingalls, Wilson, Pike, Harrison, Garland and Call, most of which were ageed to. The bill was read to its end and substantially agreed to?several amendments, however," being indicated to be made when the bill was reported from the Committee of the Whole, and several sections being meanwhile agreed to merely pro forma. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. The session of the House was devoted exclusively to the tariff bill, which was discussed until the hour of adjournment. In the Senate, on the 17th, the bill was taken up to authorize the Secretary of War to adjust and settle the account for arms between the State of South Carolina and the Government of the United States and to balance by so reducing every charge made against that State in 1869, under the Act of 1808, as that the amounts paid on accounts by South Carolina in the last ten years may be taken in full satisfaction of the account. This bill, when up last, was explained by Senator Hampton. He then said that in 1860 the Governor of South Carolina got from the Secretary of War a supply of arms under the Act of 1808 authorizing the issue of arms to the militia of the several States, but instead of one year's supply he requested and received thirty years' supply. The arms were distributed by that Governor to colored men only, and the arms could not now be found in the State. Senator Piatt opposed the bill. He did not think South Carolina ought to repudiate the act by which it got the arms in question. There was no proposition to return them to the United States, but on the contrary, the proposition was to keep them. Senator Hampton said he would not discuss the bill, but would merely say that there was now a very excellent militia in his State, an organization in which the members took a pride; that it was impossible to arm them unless this bill was passed, and if the bill did not pass, the militia of South Carolina could not get any arms for twelve years to come. He would not criticise the War Department nor the Governor of South Carolina who requested the arms, but there was a grave question whether the Secretary of \V ar had the authority of law for an issue of thirty years' arms in any one year. Senator Hampton would merely appeal to the Senate to pass the bill, it having passed last year without a dissenting voice. Senator Ingalls said .that under the Act of 1808 the sum of $200,000 was annually allowed by the United States to supply arms to the militia of the the several States. South Carolina has received the arms in question, and, therefore, if this bill should pass, the Senate, in doing an act of generosity to South Carolina, would be simply robbing other States. For ad li i G Afr uucj auu ao xci7ico^nung mo Ingalls protested against it. The bill was passed by 30 yeas to 12 nays. The Bankruptcy bill was resumed and amendments were offered prolonging the discussion and delaying the progress of the bill. Among the amendments agreed to was one giving debts due to laboring men and domestic servants priority over debts due to the State or the United States. George expressed the belief that it was time to do away with the practice heretofore prevailing in all countries of giving debts uue the Government priority over those due to hardworking day laborers and domestic servants in the employment of bankrupts. The session of the House was devoted to debate on the Pension appropriation bill. In the Senate, on the 18th, Sherman, from the committee on library, reported adversely to the newspaper copy right bill. It was placed .on the calendar however. A number of bills of no general importance were introduced. The postoffice appropriation bill was taken up and passed. The Bankruptcy bill was then called up as unfininished business, but without entering into its consideration the Senate went into its consideration the Senate went into executive session and when it adjourned, until Monday. The proceedings of the House were devoted mainly to the private calendar, and an evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. In the House, on the 19th, the bill for the establishment of a bureau of labor statistics was passed. It provides that the bureau shall be in charge of a commissioner at large at a salary of $3,500 who shall acquire all useful information upon the subject of labor, its relation to capital and means of promoting the material, social, intellectual and moral prosperity of laboring men and women. He is authorized to employ such employees as he may deem necessary for the successful working of the bureau and J J.L.1 11. .. ? pruviues mitt me iuuu cajicuscs anun uu^ exceed $25,000 per annum. In the Senate, on the 21st, the Bankruptcy bill was taken up, read the third time and passed. In the House, on the call of States, a number of bills were introduced and referred. A bill providing for the pensioning of wounded Union soldiers in the late war, who became disabled during the first three months of their service was passed by a : vote of 105 yeas to 57 nays. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ] ? The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Hail- ^ road has been completed from Fayetteville to Greensboro. ? The Democratic executive committee ( which assembled in Raleigh on Wednesday \ of last week, called a State convention, to ] meet in Raleigh on the 25th of June. ] ? It is stated thata community of farmers, ] in New York, representinga capital of $100,- s 000 is making preparations to come to North 1 Carolina. 1 ? Enoch Brown, who was to have been 1 hono-ori ?it Halifax last Fridav. has been res- ( pitecl by Governor Jar vis until the 2nd of ] May. ' ? A meeting of the Southern plaid manu- j facturers is to be held in Greensboro on the J 30th instant, to consider important matters j in connection with the manufacture of their * goods. ? Work has been commenced at Hamlet, ? on the Carolina Central Railway, on the " railroad from that point to Cheraw, S. C. ? A large force is engaged, and the work will go on vigorously. ^ ? A Raleigh dispatch of Saturday says : The fruit cr ">p of North Carolina promises to A be remarkably large. Grain shows 40 per c cent, increase over last year. Cotton and t tobacco were never better. f ? Eli Patton, one of the best farmers on the c French Broad, whose home was between a Hendersonville and Brevard, went into a r stable last week where he kept a Jersey bull c and was so severely injured by an attack ] from the animal that he died in a day or a two. i ? The Newton Enterprise of last week con- a tains a carefully prepared estimate of the s damage sustained by every person of that county on the line of the cyclone of March 21th, and the aggregate of the estimates is $19,525, sustained by 118 persons, or corporations. ? The Gastonia Gazette reports that on last Thursday morning, a daughter of Mrs. James Whitesides, who lives about two miles west ofthattown, attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor. Before being discovered, she had made three wounds, one of which came very near proving fatal, and her life wasonly saved by the prompt summoning of a physician. The young lady is about 18 years of age, and has been occasionally deranged for about two years. SOUTH CAROLTNA NEWS. ? There are 669 Baptist churches in South Carolina. ? The several temperance organizations in the town of Newberry have 467 members. ? The thirteenth annual session of the grand Lodge of Good Templars of South Carolina met in Charleston on Tuesday last. ? A petition has been sent to Governor Thompson praying for the pardon of exTreasurer W hite, of Newberry county. It is signed by about twelve hundred citizens of the county. ? The Methodist Church at Union is moving ahead. Last Sunday night the choir was reinforced by a cornet and claronet. The Times thinks that the cornet "adds to the solemnity and effect of that part of the UlIUIUU OUI V1UCS. ? Abbeville has a breach of promise ease which promises to be interesting. Miss Mary E. Brown has entered suit against John McNeil, a wealthy man of that county, for alleged breach of promise, and lays her damage at $10,000. ? Col. A. Coward, State Superintendent of Education, delivered an able and highly interesting lecture on the subject of education in tne Court House at Winnsboro on Saturday last. ? In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, last Friday, on motion of District Attorney Melton, all the cases involvingchar^es of violation of the election laws of the United States were stricken from the docket. ? While there are many statements in circulation as to the whereabouts of Boggan Cash, one to the effect that he is in Canada, Col. Cash has written a private note to the Columbia Register, saving that Boggan will surrender to Sheriff Spofford when the court for Chesterfield county convenes, and stand his trial. ? During the war Mr. Henry Martin, of Colleton county was wounded in the leg. Gangrene set in, from which he has never recovered. Last week his leg had to be amputated. Mr. Martin was a brave soldier and is in indigent circumstances. The Colleton Prow says: "Anything contributed toward his support would be gladly received." And, tne Press might have added, one dollar thus contributed would be of more practical benefit than ten appropriated to the erection of a "shingle monument." ? The New York Sun having recently Sublished a letter from Beldoe, in this tate, representing that great destitution prevails in several sections, and so great is the scarcity of provisions in many localities that people are in danger of starvarion, the News and Courier of last Saturday contains special dispatches and reports derived through the State Agricultural Department, contradicting the statement and showing that there is no greater scarcity of grain in any part of the State than is usual at this season of the year. ? Abbeville Medium: Green Kellar, colored, a "conjuror" of Smithfied, attempted some of his tricks on George Wilson and family recently. He took a bottle of roots and mixed into it a number of insects. He then buried this decoction exactly 100 yards west of George's house. George was in great trouble until John Comfort, colored, put two sticks in the bottle and went through some incantations. George was thus snvpd and his pnpinv nnspt. Thprp is some alarm among the colored people, who fear that Keller may bewitch them. ? Col. E. B. C. Cash appeals through the Columbia Register for a loan of $1,000 for which he will give ample security, to distribute among the needy and destitute people of Chesterfield county. He further says that he does not make the appeal for effect or to appease public sentiment as affecting the complications brought about by the shooting of Policeman Richards by his son, Boggan Cash, but simply to relieve necessities which he foresaw several weeks ago would arise, and for which he had nearly perfected arrangements to borrow $5,000; but his son's difficulties, or some other cause had defeated his plans. ? In the United States Circuit Court at Charleston, on Wednesday of last week, the grand jury found true bills against W. F. Gary, Mark L. Case, R. M. Casey, and Lee R. Fisher, ex-Deputy Marshals, charged with making, presenting and causing to be presented false, fictitious and fraudulent claims against the government. Several other ex-Deputy Marshals have been in dieted and true Dins iound ior tne same violators of the statute. Regading the true bills found against ex-Martial Blythe, he says that while he may be technically guilty, as charged, he hopes to make it appear to the satisfaction of every body that he committed no intentional wrong. Blythe has given bond for his appearance at the November term of the court in Columbia. ? The following story comes from Colleton county: Mrs. Pierce, wife of Dr. George Pierce, of Colleton, has been a paralytic for years, unable to walk without assistance or render herself the slightest service. She has just been cured by a miracle, it is said. A religious meeting was held in the Methodist Church at Collegeville, where Mrs. Pierce lives. She was persuaded to attend the church to try the spirit or prayer cure, and during the service she was powerfully affected and was cured, rising up and walking before the whole congregation. The community is very much excited about the cure, and a prominent physician declares that there is no explanation of it but that Mrs. Pierce was healed by a miracle. ? The annual municipal election in Edgefield took place on Monday of last week and resulted in the election of a dry ticket by a majority of thirty-five votes. The whole number of votes cast was 153. Of these some 85 were whites, 55 voting no license and 30 voting license. The negro voters numbered 78?14 lor no licence, anu &i ior licence. The Advertiser, noting the fact says: "And thus Edgefield is about to try the experiment of no license. God grant that it may result in her increased honor and prosperity." The same paper says that on the day of the election "the church bells were rung every half hour from 7 A. M. to 6 P. M. And during these eleven hours, in storm and rain, the ladies of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union remained in the Baptist cnurch, in prayer, praise and readingthe scriptures." Ex-Marshal Blythe's Troubles.?A "T- -1- ? i. a. wasmugiou uispaicn suys; it iiaa ueeii ascertained at the department of justice that the charges against ex-Marshal Blythe and his deputy, A. E. Philippy, originated from the rendering of false and actual expense accounts, in which he charged larger sums than were actualiy expended. An investigation was ordered by the department ast May and has been continued until aow, so that all the facts might be brought )ut. Blythe also took credit for payments ,vhich he did not actualy make in his disbursement account. He also misapplied bublic funds. For instance, funds were urned over to him for a certain appropriaion, but he misapplied them and rendered alse weekly statements to cover his tracks, [n the case of the deputies the same old charges were made of disbursements for iervices never rendered. Meals would be ;harged which were not furnished, and the :ost of guards for prisoners who never ac ompanied them, also for transportation vhich was not furnished. In the case Phi Hippy he would send for i man to come and see him and would then :harge the Government for the transportaion, guard, meals, &c., which were never urnisned. From all accounts he has sucteeded in making his escape into Mexico, tnd it is considered doubtful if he can be eached by the process of law. There is no loubt that there is a good case against Ilythe and Phillippy, and the amount disillowed in the Marshal's account will run ip into thousands. It is proposed to go head and try these cases as speedily as posible.