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Scraps and .facts. j ? A Biloxi, Miss., dispatch says: Exaggerated reports concerning the health of Jefferson Davis are in circulation. He is suffering from a complication of an old wound in his foot and rheumatism which prevent him from walking, but otherwise he is in very good health. ? Gen.-Grant's family's well provided for. The fund of $250,000, which was raised a few years ago for his benefit,was settled upon him not only for life but he was allowed to dispose of it by will. This he has doubtless done, and bequeathed it to the companion who has shown herself worthy to share not only his early struggles but his later honors as well. ? Harry M. Bradley, son of a well known Philadelphia merchant, had a tooth filled three weeks ago, and soon afterward an ul ** -1 ? ' i- mu? /I r\ Arl cer iormeu near u, xiie pay sicinus uctiucu i to lance the ulcer. The filling: was removed ' and the operation performed. A second ulcer formed in the roof of the mouth. Symptoms of blood poisoning were observed, and the patient growing suddenly worse, died on Saturday last. The young man was only 17 years old. ? J. M. Diggs, whose home is near Polkton, in Anson county, N. C., went to Wadesboro on Monday of last week, got drunk, and in wandering about got into the yard of William Knight, who was absent from home. Mrs. Knight called to Sandy Cash, colored, who occupied an adjoining lot, to come and take him away, which Cash easily did by persuasion. Soon afterward Diggs met Cash near another house in the neighborhood and without provocation shot him dead. Diggs is in jail. ? Postmaster General Vilas has authorized the statement that railway postal clerks who have become efficient and valuaable men, against whom no just complaint of neglect, inattention or want of fidelity, honesty or efficiency can be brought, and who have not turned their attention to political labors during their service, need have no fear of being disturbed so long as they continue to render meritorious and faithful service. ? The failures occurring throughout the country during the week ending last Friday, as reported to R. G. Dun & Co's merrantile agency, are the smallest chronicled in any week since the year 1885 commenced. In the United States there were 197, and in Canada 34?a total of 231 against 277 the preceding week. Three-fourths of the failurea am furnisher! hv the Western. South era and Pacific States. In New York city the assignments are light and few. ? In regard to the rumor that Mrs. Garfield, widow of the murdered President, was to be married to a Pennsylvania clergyman named Taylor, J. F. Rhodes, a warm friend of the Garfield family, makes the statement that he does not think it is true. Mrs. Garfield leads almost the life of a recluse. To a reporter who called at her residence the other day, she indignantly sent word that she considered the rumor an insult, but with womanly tackt refused to affirm or deny it. ? Mormon leaders in Washington are disheartened at President Cleveland's inaugural, and apprehend the appointment of new officers in Utah who will be more persistent in attempting to enforce the anti-polygamy law. These leaders say that the report that the church authorities are considering the expediency of abandoning polygamy is not true; that in the nature of things such a proposition could not be entertained, although they admit that polygamous mar riage has been a doctrine of their churcn for only thirty years. ? A dispatch of the 1st from Rio Grande City says: "Last night twelve bandits from across the river entered the village of San Diego, where they visited the store of Francisco Pena and overpowered the clerk. While engaged in robbing the store one of the bandits accidentally discharged his gun, killing one of his companions. The shot aroused the village and the robbers, gathering all the booty they could carry, fled, pursued by officers. The body of the dead robber was carried outside the village and suspended from a tree with a placard attached to it warning evil doers. ? The findings in the ease of Gen. W. B. Hazen, chief signal officer, United States army, recently tried by court martial on the charge of conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, were filed at the war department Saturday. It is understood that the accused is found guilty and sentenced to a reprimand, to be administered by the secretary of war. Judge Mackey, counsel for Gen. Hazen, has requested the war department to/urnish him with a copy of the findings before they are submitted to the President tor his approval, and in making this request asserts that an accused officer has an unquestionable legal right to submit an argument to the reviewing authority against an adverse finding. ? A great sensation existed among the workmen of Atlanta last week over the cause which led to the strike of the tailors employed by a firm in that city. W. B. Lowe, who is connected with the tailoring firm, has a number of convicts leased, and among the convicts at his camp he found one named Goldberg, who is a tailor. In order to make the most of a 30 cent per day hand, Lowe took the tailor to Atlanta and put him to work in the shop. The tailors went on a strike at once. Their course is approved by all the workmen of lilt? I'liy, WIM> iWl turn una ?uuiu ut uut an i entering wedge to the general introduction | of convicts, in competition with free tradesmen throughout the city. It is stated that if this convict had succeeded in keeping his place, it was the intention ef the lessees to instruct a number of long-term convicts in the business, and thus rule out free labor altogether. ? Lieutenant Greely, who remains in Washington, is still quite a figure in society circles on account of his arctic experiences. He wears his hair slightly long and cultivates a general air of affected indifference to the attention which is paid him. The general opinion with regard to Greely among naval officers is that he failed utterly as a leader in the expedition and that he yielded supinely towards the last, while he should have been supporting and encouraging his men. If he possessed the qualities of a real leader he would have gotten his men in a place of safety and would have reached the lower depot of supplies. There is a cloud which hangs over him and his associates on account of the cannibalism connected with their frightful story of endurance and because of the execution of the private, Henry, who was shot for stealing provisions. There is no doubt that Lieutenant Greely was technically correct in ordering this execution, but many veteran officers say that under the circumstances 110 humane officer would have ever ordered the severe penalty of death as punishment for the offense, although it was often repeated. ? The Illinois lunatic asylum seems to have been transferred to the legislative halls of that State. A Springfield dispatch of the 1st says that on the morning of that day the House was in an uproar. After the reading of the minutes, Speaker Haines arose and explained that there had been dissatisfaction regarding the employes of the House. He had come to the conclusion that the best thing he could do .would be to dismiss all those who had been appointed by him and, he did so. This announcement fell like a bombshell among the employes and consternation reigned supreme amongst them. afr 1Cpvps offered a resolution declaringthat the Speaker had no right to discharge em-! ployes. The whole subject was tabled. } Mr. West offered a resolution reciting that the Speaker and Representative Miller had placed the Stock Yards bill with the Com-1 mittee on Corporations, thereby perpetrat-1 iug an indignity on the House, and that! both gentlemen should be reprimanded. It j was further declared that the Speaker was | an unsafe person to conduct the affairs of j the House, and should be deposed. Before ! discussion was possible, the Senate was an-' nounced. In joint session only one ballot j was taken for United States Senator. Two' votes were cast, one for Logan and one for ! Merritt. ? Mr. Berry, elected by the Arkansas Leg-, islature to succeed Mr. Garland in the Unit- i ed States Senate, has been a prominent fig- j ure in State politics for nearly twenty years | past. He was born in Jackson county, Ala-j bama, on May 15,1841. In 1848 he remov- j ed to Arkansas, where he has since lived, i When the war broke out he entered the Confederate army, ,and rose to the rank of lieu-1 tenaat,losing a leg at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. The close of the war found ! him penniless and disabled, but he returned to Arkansas and shortly began a course in public life as remarkable as it was success-1 ful. In 18GG he was elected to theStateLegislature and was re-elected in 1872 and 1874, j when he was chosen Speaker of the Lower . House of the General Assembly. He pre- j sided over the Democratic State Conven- j tion in 1876, and in 1878 he was elected Judge of the Fourth Judicial Circuit. In j 18S2 he was unanimously nominated for Governor, and subsequently elected by 28,000 majority. He declined to be a candidate for re-election in 1884, although popular feeling would have given him the position without opposition. His ability is unquestioned, and his election as Senator is regarded as a crowning triumph of an eminent career. He is of medium height, and has dark eyes, hair and beard. JJT.W SjJfrtyfntftli* V * V -W ?r-rj TT . -. . ? YORKVILLE, S. ('. : THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1885. GENERAL LAWTON. The nomination by the President of Gen. Alexander It. Lawton, of Savannah, Georgia, to be minister to Russia, was the subject of considerable discussion in the Senate just before adjournment. The committee on foreign relations had reported adversely, the majority being of opinion that, although Gen. Lawton had received full pardon and amnesty from President Johnson in February, 1867, yet by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution he Was ineligible because his political disabilities had not been removed by Congress. The committee reported this as the only objection to the confirmation of Gen. Lawton. In the Senate it was contended by some of General Lawton's friends that the form of oath prescribed and taken by him when he entered the military service of the United States did not include the requirement to "support the Constitution," and that therefore he did not incur political disabilities by engaging in rebellion, and does not therefore require any Act of Congress to enable hint to hold the position of minister. During the discussion a message was received from the President asking that action be suspended, and later the nominawas withdrawn. This action was taken on account of the committee's adverse report, the Administration being of opinion that President Johnson's pardon rendered Gen. Lawton eligible. Gen. Lawton never applied to Congress for a removal of his disabilities, having believed all the while that he was restored to full citizenship by Presidential pardon. The President, the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General agree in the opinion that General Lawton's disabilities were removed by the General pardoning act before the Fourteenth Amendment became a law. The President was very much worried over the action of the Senate and has telegraphed Gen. Lawton to.proceed to Washington. The latter will be given the alternative of going at once to St. Petersburg, upon a recess appointment, or of waiting until the session of Congress in December, when the matter can be adj usted and Gen. Lawton's disabilities removed. It is certain that if this point urged against General Lawton hold, many Southerners now holding office are disqualified. THE TENURE OF OFFICE. The statues relating to the tenure of office and the power of removal have recently been subjects of much careful study?not alone by those who were inspired by the hope of gaining or retaining office, and wide differences of opinion have been developed which are quite aside from questions of party policy. The President's power of appointment "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate," is derived from the Constitution and is inalienable, but that instrument confers no power of removal except by implication. In the tenure of office Act of 1807 the law making power has given the interpretation of the implied power of re moval, in so far as it relates to offices to which appointments are made for fixed terms, and therein expressly reserves to the Senate the right of refusing "advice and consent" to removals. The Act entities the appointee to hold such office during the term for which he was appointed, unless sooner removed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the appointment with like advice and consent of a successor. The question arises whether, in the absence of any similar provision relating to offices to which no fixed term is attached, the President has the power of removal without the advice and consent the Senate. All Cleveland's appointments to this class of offices where they were not vacant, or the incumbent had not resigned, have been "vice blank, to be removed." If he had sent in a nomination v;ce blank, to be removed, the constitutional right ofthe Executive to make a removal without the advice and consent of the Senate would at once have been raised. The same Act in another Section confers upon the President power to suspend, in his discretion, during the recess of the Senate, any civil officer of the Government, except judges of the United States Courts, even one filling an office which has a fixed term, and to designate a suitable person to perform the duties of the office, but no power is conferred to make absolute removals. The President is required to make nominations in place of such asare thus suspended to the next session of the Senate. It is a question whether in case the Senate fails or refuses to confirm such nominations, the original incumbent is entitled to return. If it be admitted that he is so entitled, the question arises has the President power to suspend him again the next day or the next hour, as in another recess of the the Senate, and thus practically nullify the tenure of office Act? If the right of the Senate to prevent removals from offices which have fixed terms by refusing its consent is admitted, the question arises, does not the same right extend to all the offices except those which the President and heads of departments are authorized to fill without reference to the Senate? It is said that eminent Republican Sentnrv in pvpr-ntivp spssion rpppntlv maintain ed, in connection with certain nominations I made by the President to offices which had ! no fixed terms, that it was the right and duty of the Senate to consider first the qualificationsof theincumbentanddecide whether his removal was desirable, and only in j case of a decision in the affirmative to consid-1 er the qualifications of the appointee. This, ] it was urged, moreover, was in a line with the spirit of civil service reform to which both parties had given adherence and to which the masses were attached. The point was discussed rather as an i abstract question than as a pending issue,! but several of the nominations which were not acted upon went over because the Senate was indisposed to continue the long constitutional discussion to which they seemed likely to give rise. ? A little boy named Bridgers, while playing on the turn-table of the Spartanburg and Asheville Kailroad, received injuries which crippled him for life. The boy's father sued the company for 82-"?,000 damages, claiming that turn-tables should be so , fastened and secured that boys cannot get j hurt when they play about them. The j Court at Spartanburg'was engaged two days ' in the trial, which resulted in a verdict of; *5,0<K) for the plaintiff'. ? The new court house at Bennettsville J will be dedicated by appropriate ceremo-1 nies upon the opening of court on the first Monday in May. A SPECK OF WAR. j < A Panama dispatch of March :50th says: ; The steamer Colon was seized to-day at Aspinwall by Revolutionists, who demanded 1 the delivery of the shipment of arms on ' board for the Revolutionists. The agents 1 refused. Conner, local superintendent of the Pacific Mail Company, was arrested. Later the captain and purser were placed under ( arrest on board. Subsequently Capt. Dowa, of the Pacific mail, Mr. Wrighi, United j | States consul, and Land, a lieutenant of the j; American man-of-war Galenay wer i arrested j; and marched off to the cuartel. The Amer- j, ican and English war ships did nothing to 1 protect foreign interests, because the revo- 1 lutionary chief declared he would resist ; their interference by force. The Americans ; are indignant at the insult to the Hag and ; the outrage to their persons and property, j; The troops go hence to-night to attack the I' revolutionists who, however, are in strong | force, and witn tne arms irom ine iwhh will probal)ly be able to control events in ' their own way and their own interests. On the following day, United States Consul-General Adanison, at Panama, telegraphed to the Secretary of State as follows: "Preston, the Rebel leader, has seized the Pacific steamship Colon, imprisoned the captain and ( purser, the agent of the company, Consul Wright and other Americans. I urged Commander Kane, < of the Galena, to rescue the citizens and property ] at all hazards. Instructions desired." i Upon receipt of the above dispatch the ! Secretary of State and the Secretary of < the Navy held a consultation. Secretary ; Whitney then ordered, by telegraph, Admi- < ral Jouett, now at New Orleans, to proceed to Key West with the Tennessee and Sicatara \ and to wait further instructions. An order was also sent to the commander of the Alii- i ance, now at Key West, instructing him to proceed at once to Aspinwall. The Secretary also sent to Commander i Kane of the Galena, which is at Aspinwall, and asked why he had not protected Ameri- i can citizens and property in trouble yesterday. He directed him to afford all protec- i tion possible while the difficulty continues, i The Secretary sent the following instruc- i tions to Commander Kane, of the Galena: "You are ordered to Aspinwall to protect American interests and lives and the property of American citizens. All that is implied in these words is expected to be done by you to the extent of the force under your command. If the Colon has been seized restore her to her 1 officers if in your power." Secretary Bayard telegraphed Consul-General Adainson asking for additional information relative to the difficulty. On the 1st instant, the following dispatch from Commander Kane of the Galena, was received by the Secretary of the Navy: "Aspinwall is in ashes, having been burnt by the insurgents to escape capture by the Government troops. The Pacific mail dock and railroad property on the north end of the island and the Canal property at Orispol are the only buildings saved. The shipping is safe. I have all my force on shore protecting property. My ship is crowded with refugees. Thousands are desti line anu wiiuoui. sueuur. This intelligence was confirmed by subsequent dispatches, and the Aspinwall difficulty was discussed on Wednesday afternoon between Secretaries Bayard and Whitney, Mr. Adee of the State department, and Commodore Walker being present. Mr. Bayard then went to see the President, and an informal meeting of the Cabinet was held at the White House, at which the matter was fully discussed. The conclusion reached at the meeting was that while the government is not called upon to take cognizance of internal broils at Panama, yet it has by treaty guaranteed free and uninterrupted transit across the Isthmus. Acting upon this conclusion Secretary Whitney to-night telegraphed orders to the commanuer of the Brooklyn navy yard to get all available marines at the yard in readiness for immediate departure, and to provide also some Gatling guns and men to handle them. He also sent the following dispatch to J. B. Houston, President of the Pacific Mail Company at New York: "The Government proposes to have the transit from Panama to Colon, (Aspinwall) open and uninterrupted in the shortest possible time. In order that your company may avail itself of the advantages' of this action a few days delay of your steamer to receive a shipment of armed forces will be necessary. IIow many can you take?" Secretary Whitney has also telegraphed to Capt. Kane, of the Galena, at Colon (Aspinwall,) and Consul Adamson, at Panama, for further information as to the condition of the railroad and steamship property, and whether transit across the Isthmus remains open. He said that if their replies to these dispatches confirm the present advices, men | anci guns from the Brooklyn navy yard will be forwarded immediately. He said further that the United States steamers Affiance and Sicatara are now en route for Aspinwall, the Affiance from Key West and the Sicatara from New Orleans. THE MANITOBA REVOLT. In 1869 Manitoba and the northwest teritory of Canada were conveyed by the Hudson Bay Company to the dominion of Canada. At that time there were 11,000 people in Manitoba, one-half of whom were Indians and the other half French and English half breeds, their white ancestors having come to the distant section as employees of the Hudson Bay Company. When the territory was ceded to Canada, William McDougall was sent to Manitoba as Lieutenant Governor, and his arbitrary course precipitated a rebellion which found a leader in Louis Kiel, a well educated and shrewd French Canadian. Itiel was named President in 1870, but through the influence of Archbishop Taehe, they were induced to lay down their arms on condition that certain promises as to land should be carried out and a general amnesty be granted. Large bounties of land were given to the half breeds of Manitoba, but none to the half breeds outside of Manitoba. Nor was Kiel pardoned until many years afterwards. Until five or six years ago he was an outlaw upon whose head the Canadian government had set a high price. The present uprising grows doubtless in part out of Kiel's resentment, and in part out of the discrimination in bounties against the half breeds of Prince Albert or the Saskatchewan district. Under the presidency of Riel the people of that district adopted a bill of rights last September. They demanded: (1) The sub-division into prov- i inces of the northwest territories; (2) the half breeds to receive the same grants and other advantages as to the Manitoba half breeds; (3) patents to be issued at once to the colonists in possession; (4) the sale of half a million acres of Dominion lands, the proceeds to be applied to the establishment j in the half breed settlements of schools, hos- i pitals and such like institutions, and to the i equipment of the poorer half breeds with seed gram ana implements; me reservation of a hundred townships of swamp land for distribution among the children of half breeds during the next 120 years; ((>) a grant for at least $1,000 for the maintenance of an institution to be conducted by the nuns in each half breed settlement; and (7) better provision for the support of the < Indians. < The Horn in ion government paid no attention to these demands, and a request for a survey of the lands was refused. Kiel i then proceeded to form an alliance with Big j: Bear, the Cree chief, and to prepare for re- j sistance. He is thought to have about 1,">00 effective men under him, well armed and !: reasonably well prepared for conflict. The 11 inaccessibility of the Saskatchewan district j is his strongest ally and may enable him to 11 keep Canada in hot water all through the j year. I There is really no reason why the Dominion should not ask for a cessation of hostili- j < ties until the complaints of the half breeds i i can be investigated. The government has j ' millions of acres in the Prince Albert coun- i i try that no other people but the half breeds j i want, and it would certainly be an easy 1 and feasible matter to satisfy their hunger < for that kind of property. It is rumored 1 that a commission is to be appointed to in- ] vestigate the case, and the uprising may be ' wound up in that way very speedily and 1 satisfactorily. The difficulties of the coun- i try are so great the use of force would be < both tedious and expensive. * - * j 1 Federal Officers in South Caroli- : < na.?A Washington dispatch of March :10 th i says: "Senator Hampton called upon Sec- J i retary Manning last Friday and had a very | < pleasant chat with him on the subject of | j Federal appointments under the jurisdiction j of the treasury department. The Senator < informed me that lie had thus far declined to commit himself to any particular appli- I cant, and what is more he does not propose ! < to advocate the claims of any one until re-1 i guested to do .so by the head of the department interested. Concerning the slate which names Messrs. Mowry, Youmans, Bradley and Boyking for the four principal Federal offices in the State, he says he has not endorsed it. In a receut conversation with the attorney-general he took occasion to refer in j complimentary terms to Mr. Youmans, I who is an applicant for the district attorney- j ship. He did not, however, express him-1 self on the subject until the attorney-general asked him if Mr. Youmans would be acceptable to the people of South Carolina. The I Senator replied that Mr. Youmans was well [juulified for the position and his appoint-1 ment would undoubtedly give general satisfaction. Under these circumstances it is fair to presume that Mr. Youmans will be successful, as both of the South Carolina Senators have heartily endorsed him to the President and attorney-geneal. Senator Hampton says he has not been able to ascertain when the Federal appointments will be made. THE UNITED STATES OF COLUMBIA. Columbia, the power with which recent events at Aspinwall seem likely to embroil .? _ _ ti-.I 1 Dur own country, is a reuerui ivepuuuu, formed very much on the plan of the Unitad .States of America. It consists of the nine States of Antioquia, Bolivia, Boyara, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Magdalena, Panama, 8autander and Tolima. There are also several national Territories. The Republic was formed in 1861, out of the old United States of New Granada. Its present Constitution was adopted in 1863. It vests the executive power in a president and the legislative power in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, the former having three members from each State, and the States being tfeprcsented in the latter i by one member from each fifty-thousand inhabitants, and one for the remainder if it amounts to twenty-thousand. The area of the Republic is about ;100,000 square miles, three-fifths of it being north of the equator and two-fifths south of the equator. The population is estimated at 4,000,000, including about two hundred thousand uncivilized Indians. The country has large mineral resources and vast forests, abounding in valuable woods, and it has many navagable streams. The chief drawback to its prosperity is its liability to upheavals, political and physical. Revolution seems to be the normal condition of the people and earthquakes are frequent and destructive. Bogoto, the capital of the republic has a population of 100,000. It suffers terribly from earthquakes. Its site is nearly 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, bqing more than a thousand feet higher than that of the City of Mexico. Panama, the State in which Aspinwall is situated, and with which just now we are more particularly interested, is the most important of all the nine States. It comprises the whole isthmus of that name, its extreme length from east to west being 360 it.iIpc Tt hue ji onnsi!: line on the Atlantic of 4(H) miles, and on the -Pacific of 500. The city of Panama on the Pacific, has a population of 25,000, and Aspinwall, also called Colon, on the Atlantic? has a population of 3,000. These two cities are the termini of the Panama Railroad and of DeLesseps' proposed Panama Ship Canal. The President of Columbia is Don Rafael Nunez, who was elected on April 1, 1884. The strength of the army of tne country in peace is fixed by law at 4,000, but in case of war the President may increase it at will. For the Yorkvillt- Enquirer. FARMERS' CLUB OF BETHEL. The Farmers' Club of Bethel township met at Forest Hill Academy, on Saturday, the 4th of April, 1885, and adopted the following rules: 1. We the enrolled members of the Farmers' Club of Bethel township agree to be assessed and pay to the treasurer, by the 1st of November, of the present year, the sum of fifty dollars, to be given as premiums to the member or members for the largest amount of lint cotton or bushels of corn raised on one acre of land. 2. To the member who succeeds in raising the largest number of pounds of lint cotton on one acre of land shall be awarded the sum of twenty dollars in cash. 3. To the member who succeeds in raising the largest number of b'UShels of corn on one acre of bottom land shall be awarded the sum of fifteen dollars; and. to the member who raises the largest number of bushels of corn on one acre of upland shall be awarded the sum of fifteen dollars in cash. 4. Each contestant will be required to measure his land in the presence of one member of the executive committee and two other witnesses, and the said member of the executive committee shall keep a correct record of the measurement, for examination by the members of the Club. 5. Members shall be allowed to prepare and manure their lands and to cultivate their crops according to their own judgment, but shall be required to make a correct statement of the same; and also a statement of the yield of lint cotton and number of bushels of corn. These statements to be sworn to before some officer qualified by law to administer an oath. (?. Three disinterested men of the community shall be appointed by the President to award the premiums. rn._ ,,..,1 u oUJ,. Jo llie cnrunuu ixifiiiuciBuij.? iiu>v n uuwui twenty, which will make the assessment Si!.50 each, unless the membership increases. We desire and believe that the membership will be raised to fifty, which would make the fee only one dollar each. Any farmer in York county can become a contestant, for all or either of the premiums, by sending his name to the secretary for enrollment 011 the club book and complying with the above rules. -If any farmer living in York county desires to become a contestant for the prize, he may proceed with the preparation of his land and the cultivation of the crop, and if we receive his name by the date of the next meeting, viz.: the fourth Saturday of the present month, we will accept it, and he can have his land measured at any time before the first of next September. Address the Secretary, at Zeno, S. C. Brother Farmers! if you are interested in the progress of your profession, and desire the development of the noblest calling on earth, send us your name and give the cause your influence. The committee will be glad to help you measure your land regardless of distance. The wheel of progress has been set in motion and is running with electric speed, propelled by the untiring power of steam, and is accompanied by the convenience of case and friend. If you do not desire dull company and poor fare you had better take passage as the train goes by. T. \V. CAMRBELL, President. E. 1). Thompson, Secretary. The End of a Notable Financial Agent.?Hiram II. Kimpton was in the Yorkville Court yesterday, charged with vagrancy. His handsome face wore a vacant look, and his stooping figure was half clad in ragged clothes. A piece of yellow rope was tied around his waist as a belt. He is onlv fortv-eierht vears old, and he was n millionaire in the clays when Chamberlain and Moses flourished in.South Carolina, and Kimpton was financial agent in New York Cor the State. Moses is now a common swindler, going from one jail to another,! and Kimptom is a beggar and a lunatic. ' 1 am not destitute," Kimpton said, with his unchanging vacant stare, to Justice Patterson. "I am worth half a million in lands, houses and government bonds." lie has not got a cent. Henry P. King, a lruggist, of 14 Union square, who had him arrested, knows him and his history well. Kimpton is a graduate of Yale College, L'lass of 1H02, and of the law school. He was a broker at 20 Nassau street when ho fell in with Chamberlain and went into South Carolina bonds. He went to that State to look after his investments, and was a supporter there of Chamberlain and Moses. The bonds ruined him and bit many of his friends, and a fraudulent transaction in them in which he was involved with Moses, ruin3d his reputation. His friends in New Haven have tried at times to help him, Dut he pawns everything to buy opium. His wife left him long ago. He lived a long time at the Ashland House, and when he wandered in there recently, a seedy tramp, me of the employees passed the hat for him in the bar-room. He has been on the Island. His mental condition will be inquired into.?Xew York Sun. ? C. M. McJunkin, editor and proprietor )f the Columbia Yeoman, died at his home in that city last Sunday. LOCAL AFFAIRS. }j NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r T. B. McClain & Co.?Just Received. C Parish, McKnight it Co.?New Spring Goods. c Berrv it Barber?'Too Much Soda in the Biscuit. McElwee it Darwin?Dried Beef at Last. Dowry it Starr?Diamond Dyes, itc. John C. Bracket?Warning. j W. E. Stoney, Comptroller General?Insurance Licenses. 1 Hunter it Gates?It Has Been a Pleasure. t H. F. Adickes?Grand Central. W. C. Latimer?<ients? Furnishing < ioods. 1 John F. Speck?New Jewelrv Store. 7 T. M. Dohson it Co.?'The Old Chap's Grand Display. 1 Withers Adickes?Fertilizers. j W. T. Darkness, Whitaker, S. C.?Stray Mule. UNTIL JANUARY 1ST 1HHO. We will furnish the Youkvij.lk Exquirkr i from this date until January 1st, 1KM, for $1.75, the cash, in all eases, to accompany the sub- s seription. 1 T IN THE SHADOW. J All of further evenntivo cleineiicv has been abandoned by Columbus Cranford, now in C jail under sentence of death, and he is devoting his time to preparation for the change which he is doomed to meet between the hours of 10 A. M., and 3 P. M., on to-morrow. The execution i will take place in the jail building and will be ( private, in conformity to the laws of the State. NEW JEWELRY STORE. J Attention is directed to the advertisement of ( Mr. John F. Speck, practical watchmaker and j jeweler, who has just opened an extensive stock ( of watches, jewelry, clocks, diamonds, silverplated ware arul spectacles in the store-room next ( door to Mr. M. Strauss. Besides the elegant lines of goods which Mr. Speck will keep in stock, he is a workman of fine reputation and is prepared to repair watches, clocks and jewelry in the best manner. . EASTER ELECTION. i At the annual election on Easter Monday, the I congregation of the Church of the Good Shepherd elected as wardens: Col. W. B. Wilson, i Col. A. Coward. Vestrymen?G. W. S. Hart, Jno. C. Kuyken- i dal, H. F. Adiekes, W. B. Moore, J. O. Walker, i Delegates to the Diocesan Convention?A. Coward, G. W.S. Hart, S. L. Dowry, W. B. Moore. j The vestry elected as treasurer, H. F. Adiekes, ; and as secretary, G. W. S. Hart. ' ! SALES DAY. On Monday last, Salesday for April, the following property was sold by the Clerk of Court: At the suit of Henry Heyvard and others, vs. B. T. and J. D. Porter, under judgment of foreclosure, a tract of land seven miles from Yorkville, known as the "old Mose McCleve tract," containing 17??A acres. Bought by the plaintiff for $i>0. By virtue of a decretal order in the suit of S. L. Garrison and others, vs. Sarah A. Garrison anil others, 24 acres of the tract known as the "Mark Garrison place." Bought by John Nichols at 810 per acre. MeCONNELLSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. - This is an institution of learning just established at McConnellsville, in this county, the first session having opened on the 30th ultimo with an attendance of 57 pupils. The school is in charge of Mr. J. H. Wilson as principal, assisted by Miss C. K. Atkinson. The principal is a brother of Rev. J. Lowrie Wilson, pastor of Bethesda Church, and has high testimonials as to his ability. The building is said to be one of the best for the requirements of a school in the upper section of the .State, having just been completed and built in accordance with modern ideas. See announcement in our advertising columns. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Morning and communion service at the regular hours next Sunday. Sunday-school in the afternoon. Evening service at 7.40 P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Services in the church at Yorkville next Sunday at 11 A. M. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. J. Thomas Pate, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church at 11 A. M., next Sunday. In the church at York vine at i.-trt i-. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. There will be no services in this church next Sunday. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor?Services at Zion Church next Sunday, at 11 A. M. FOR THE PENITENTIARY. On Thursday morning last tho Sheriff forwarded to the State penitentiary the following prisoners, in the custody of Deputies J. A. Darwin, W. D. Glenn and R. T. Allison : Lee Borders, colored, six months each in two cases of retailing liquor without a license. Wm. Ellis, colored, one year, for grand larceny. Moses Burris, colored, three years, for assault ami battery. David Darby, colored, one year for housebreaking and larceny. Robert Wisher, white, five years for manslaughter. James Holland, white, seven years, for manslaughter. PERSONAL MENTION. Dr. W. B. Bratton, a son of Congressman Bratton, of Winnsboro, and at present one of the house physicians in charge of the City Hospital : at Charleston, has received an appointment as j surgeon in the United States Marine Hospital , service, and will be assigned to duty at Staten : Island, New York harbor. Dr. E. Frank Darby, whose mother is a York- I ville lady, and tho young gentleman a former cadet of King's Mountain Military School in this place, though meeting wun a successmi practice of his chosen profession in Sumter county, has applied for service in the English army. Messrs. Robert H. Riddle and W. W. Wilson, and probably others of the Bethel neighborhood, 1 started to the New Orleans Exposition yesterday. EASTER SERVICES. Services appropriate to the Easter festival were { held in the Methodist Episcopal church last Sunday, and in commemoration of the day the , church was neatly but not profusely decorated j with tlowcrs and evergreens. In rear of the ( pulpit was a iloral cross, on either side of which werechaplets of flowers pendant from the wall; , the cross was surmounted with a golden crown | wreathed in evergreens, and beneath the crown j the inscription, "Rabboni." In the chancel, on each side of the communion table, were pots of j growing calla lilies. The sermon, by the pastor, j from the words "Christ the first fruits," was ap- i propriate to the occasion, and was an able and 1 instructive discourse. i There were no special Easter services in any 1 of the other churches. < / 1 \ THE REVENUE VIOLATORS. i Adolphus Rice, colored, arrested in this place 1 several days ago on the charge of selling liquor ( contrary to the United States internal revenue laws, had a hearing before lT. S. Commissioner 1 Pride at Rock Hill last Friday and was dis- ( charged. Wheeler Henry, colored, arrested at the same j time and on the same charge, had a hearing be- ^ fore the Commissioner last Monday, and was dis- j charged. Tom Johnson, colored, of this place, was ar- ^ rested by special Deputy Thomasson last Mon- ( day on a warrant issued by Commissioner Pride, ' charging him with violation of the internal rev- f enue laws, and will have a hearing before the Commissioner one day this week. ( . * CIRCUIT COURT. ( 'riwWmtff. nf Cnmmoii Pleas, which was call- i ed immediately after the adjournment of the J Court of Sessions on Tuesday evening of last ( week, adjourned in the forenoon of Monday last, i f A number of eases were heard, the Judge re- j I serving his opinion in three of them. I f The most important case heard was that of the ! 1 Chester National Hank vs. the Atlanta and Char- j 1 lotte Air-Line Railroad Company. The suit i ^ was brought to recover the value of 1">7 bales of * cotton, amounting, with interest, to ?8,878.07. j " This cotton was shipped by I). McAuley & Co., ( cotton buyers of Chester, to Lineberger's cotton ' ^ factory, in Gaston county, X. ('., McAuley A Co., drawing a time draft on Lineberger for the j amount. They then attached the bill of lading . and sold it to the Chester Bank. Before the ^ draft was paid the Air-Line Railroad delivered ? the cotton to Lineberger, and at about the same j, time Lineberger failed. The Bank held the t Railroad Company liable for the value of the j cotton, claiming that the delivery to Lineberger j without "order" was improper. The case occu- ^ pied all of Thursday, and the jury rendered a j verdict in favor of plaintiff for the full amount claimed. Notice ol appeal to the Supreme Court ( ma given. The bank was represented by W. I. Brawley, Esq., of Charleston, and Congressnan Hemphill, and the Railroad Company by lol. II. C. Jones, of Charlotte, and 0. K. Spener, Esq. railroad' earnings. The following statement shows the gross earntigs of railroads named, in South Carolina, for lie month of February, 1885, as compared with hose of the corresponding month of 1884: Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line?8102,258 32 in 884 ; 8110,215 (12 in 188.",. Increase 87.057 27, or .78 per cent. Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?866,000.21 in 884 ; 864,606.24 in 1885. Decrease 82,293.07, or 3.43 ier cent. Clieraw and Chester?84,324.33 in 1884 ; 84,461.50 n 1885. Increase 8127 26, or 3.17 per cent. Chester and Lenoir?85,340.61 in 1884 ; 86,401.32 n 1885. Increase 81,141.71 or 21.33 per cent. Of all the roads in the State, six roads report m increase of earnings, and eleven a decrease, rotal earnings, February, 1884, 8636,078 87 ; Feb uary, 1885,8612,26240; aggregate increase, 812,545 30; aggregate decrease, 836,661 86; net decease, 823,816 47, or 3.74 per cent, for all the oads. YORK COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. The annual meeting of the York County Medcal Society was held in the Court House on Monlay last. The following members of the Society answer J x_ it--:.- ..i. ?11 ^11 . T T? ill IU llJiiir I iti 11 tifM iit run i;u&i r'utiui.i iv. Bratton, W. M. Love, D. C. Atkinson, W. (J. Campbell, J. \V. Allison, E. L. Glenn, J. P. Hambright. John May, \V. G. White, T. A. Crawford. The Secretary, Dr. Crawford, read the minutes if the last meeting, and they were adopted. Motion was made and adopted that the orator ippointed to address this meeting he excused until the next meeting. The committee appointed at a previous meeting to revise the by-laws of the Society being unable to report at the present meeting, on motion, the committee was continued. Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were made and approved. Motion was made and adopted that the next meeting of the Society be held on the first Monday of June next. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: President?Dr. A. I. Barron; First Vice-President?Dr. J. R. Bratton; Second Vice-President?Dr. T. A. Crawford; Treasurer?Dr. W. G. White; Secretary?Dr. R. Andral Bratton. A committee composed of Drs. W. G. Campbell, J. R. Bratton and J. W. Allison, was appointed to draft resolutions appropriate to the death of Dr. Joseph G. Smarr, late a member of this Society. After an interesting discussion of medical subjects, motion was made and adopted that the meeting adjourn until the first Monday of June next. FIRST PRESBYTERY, A. R. CHURCH. The First Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church met at Pisgah, near All Healing Springs, in Gaston county, X. G\, on Monday morning last. This church belongs to the charge of Rev. E. E. lloyce. The proceedings of Presbytery were preceded by devotional exercises on Saturday and Sunday, sermons having been preached on Saturday by Rev. J. A. White and Rev. Mason W. Pressley. On Sunday, at 10.30 A. M., Rev. J. C. Galloway preached the institutional sermon, founded on Matthew 26, from verse 26 to 46 inclusive, the themo being Christ's experience in the Garden of Gethsemane. Rev. R. G. Miller delivered the preparatory address to the intending communicants. The attendance was very large?there being about 275 communicants present. After the preparatory address, addresses were also delivered by Rev. John Hunter, Rev. D. G. Caldwell, Rev. I. G. McLaughlin, Rev. C. B. Betts and Rev. R. A. Ross, D. D. At 2 o'clock P. M., Rev. John T. Chalmers delivered an application address to the morning service, based on the 17th chapter of Matthew and the 9th chapters of Mark and Luke, the theme being the transfiguration of Christ. The sermons wero of a high order. Services were also held in the academy. The Presbytery was opened on Monday morning with prayer by Rev. John Hunter. The opening sermon was preached by Rev. C. E. McDonald, the retiring Moderator, from 138th Psalm, 2nd verse. Presbytery was called to order and constituted with prayer by the retiring Moderator. Rev. M. W. Pressley was elected Moderator. The proceedings of Monday, or wnicn aay oniy we have a report, were of routine character. John M. Grier preached a sermon for licensure, from the 15th chapter of Corinthians, 58th verse. White Oak, in Fairfield county, was selected as the place for the next meeting of Presbytery. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, April 7.?Z. T. Brackett was arrested and brought before Trial Justice Lecky on last Wednesday, charged with trading to J. J. McNinch a mule that belonged to Wm. Estes. Estes claimed that the mule was disposed of without his authority. Brackett stated that he was in the habit of trading for Estes, and that as he saw an opportunity of makinga good trade, as he conceived, he embraced it. The Trial Justice required him to give bond for his appearance at the next term of the court. He derived no benefit from the trade, and appeared to have no criminal intention in exchanging Estes' mule for McNinch's horse. The matter willdoubtess be arranged without any further trouble. The farmers had beautiful weather for work last week, and they made excellent use of it. Our town was comparatively de-' serted for a while. "A few of the horny handed'.' sons of toil, it is true, came for guano or supplies, but they did not tarry very long. They seem animated with the determination to do all in their power. The unfavorable weather of March has not discouraged them. I have no doubt that with mild, spring like weather from this time, the yield in the wheat and oats crop will be considerably increased. C'apt. Os. Barber was in town a few days igo, and while here I asked him in regard to the success of the commission business i that had been opened in Philadelphia by Hardin, Barber & Co., for the sale of yarns. He stated in reply that Mr. Hardin had a ?reat deal of work to do in the way of selling yarns. He sells yarns for the two cotton ractories in this county, and for some other Southern mills. Capt. Barber is not pleased I ivith the present price of yarns. In his irUninn thprp is no monov for the mills at I yj/Aww.. ? 4/ :his price. He thinks that if for any reason there is any reduction of the present >rice the mills will be compelled to suspend jperations, or manufacture yarns at a loss. The Catawba Oil Mill Company, under the nanagement of Capt. J. H. Smith, has be:ome a a successful enterprise. It has arrival at that stage of its existence, so long and earnestly desired by the stockholders, when t is making money. A short time ago all :he oil on hand was sold at a satisfactory price :o a Charlotte firm to fill some order. The Directors did a wise thing in replacing a ^reat deal of'the old McDermont machinery with new and substantial machinery, rhe working of the latter is highly satisfacory. Mr. James Kennedy, of the neighborhood >f Corn well's, lost a child on last Friday ifternoon. Pneumonia was the cause of its leath. ()f the same disease on Friday night, n the Halselville section, Mrs. Colvin died. >he was the mother of Mr. J. S. Colvin, of | )ur town, and had been in delicate neaun or several months previous to her last sickless. Mr. Deal and family, of Lewis' Turn)ut, have been most grievously afflicted. V few weeks ago they lost a boy about ourteen years old. A notice of his death vas made at the time. On last Saturday hey lost a little boy about two years old. Hiey have at the present time a little girl if the same age, a twin baby, that is not ixpected to live. This, however, does not ill up the cup of their affliction. Their ildest daughter, a cultivated young lady, n the bloom of womanhood, was at the 1 joint of death on Sunday, and no hope j vhatever was entertained of her recovery, i ffle taught school at Clover two years ago, j tnd gave great satisfaction. The friends of j his family deeply sympathize with them n their distress. Mrs. E. J. Ilinton, whose extreme illness vas reported in my last correspondence, renains in about the same condition. No propety was sold by the Sheriff or ?lerk of the Court on yesterday. >r. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. letter from rlack's. black's, S. C., April 6.?From the late cold spring, the small grain crop is still backward, with other vegetation. Peach blooms are beginning to appear. If they l. were not nipped yesterday morning by the \ frost that was quite heavy, they may yet ^ escape. ' The Blue Iiidge, as seen a few days ago, from the top of Whitaker Mountain, was covered with snow. The cool waves from onAtif.nlnrl mAiinfni nu ronflor fi rPQ flBfi tuu H "\^iau U1VU1IIU1IIO ivtiuv* ?? overcoats comfortable in this locality, even at this season. The people of our section are feeling very much interest in the proposed new Tine of railroad known as the Shelby and Broad River Railroad. The building of a railroad is a question of money, and that Is always a paramount subject. The assessed value of the property in the three townships of this county, through which the road is to run, is $1,142,000. The county and State tax on this amount of property is 11 7-10 mills on the dollar. The only question, then, is?and it is a practical one?how much in addition can they give, and what will be the benefits derived from a railroad ? We of Cherokee township can speak from experience. The assessed value of property has doubled itself; wealth, population and intelligence are still advancing, and all from that great commercial artery know as a railroad. Burke and Cleveland counties, in North Carolina, are ready and willing to give their part. When the townships do theirs, then capital will be brought to their aid that will complete the road. The school at this place has adopted the military feature. Capt. Neal, who has received a military education, has charge of this department. The uniform adopted is a dark gray, which is quite handsome. The lint in the gin house of Ira Hardin < caught on fire while the gin was in operation last Saturday. The cause is unknown. By a great effort the fire was extinguished before much damage was done. Simon Bros, have opened up an extensive bed of lime rock in this town and will soon erect a patent perpetual kiln for burning lime on an extensive scale. A. B. Huff is successfully operating a lime kiln here. The lime is pure and abundant, and is found in a regular vein of deen blue rock with the peculiar appearance of being water-worn. The traps in Broad River have begun to catch fish. Several shad have been caught, and red horse and fat fish are plentiful. Measles has appeared in our town, and it is feared the disease will spread through the community. James W. Black, of our town, is spending some time traveling through the New England States. While Robert M. Plexico and his family were returning ffom a funeral at Smyrna Church a few uays ago, the horses attached to the carriage became frightened and dashed off, turning the vehicle over and completely wrecking it. The occupants of the carriage escaped with only slight bruises. . The cornet band of our town, which has been under the training of Mr. James Lucas for several months, turns out every Saturday afternoon and furnishes fine music for the enjoyment of the public. The citizens of the town have aided liberally in buying their instruments and uniforms. The uniform is of black broadcloth trimmed with bullion lace. There is a young man near this place who < can repeat the alphabet down and up, and spell any word in Webster's spelling book, or repeat from memory any lesson in it after hearing the first word of the given lesson. What is singular about it is, that he does not know a single letter by sight, but has memorized the contents of the book by hearing others repeat them. On Sunday a young colored man of our town fell out with his wife, the alleged cause of his grievance being that she made halfmoon shaped pies. He did not like pies in that shape, but preferred them epicycloidal, the circumference fully rounded out and edges scolloped, with no angular lines about ' them. In his rage he kicked over the frying pan and cut up other extras, when his wife called in a policeman who locked him up. Later in the day he was sobbing deeply, claiming that he meant no harm toward anybody, that he felt good toward everybody, and said if some one would pay his fine and secure his release he would never again stand upon the order of the shape of his wife's pies. Ego. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Roe shad bring sixty cents each in Marion where they were formerly sold at 12j cents. ?The people of Anderson are making efforts to secure the next session of the State Normal Institute. ? It is likely that a Democratic primary election will be held in Edgefield county to nominate a candidate for the vacant position of Clerk of Court. ? Charles Meynardie, who was injured at Allendale by jumping from a train on the Port Royal Railroad, has had his case nonsuited in the Barnwell Court. ?TheCamperdown cotton factory at Greenville has passed into the hands of a receiver. The mill was closed last Saturday night and the property will be sold. ? In the Marion Court of Sessions last week, William Taylor, colored, indicted for wife-murder was convicted and sentenced by Judge Kershaw to be hanged on Fridav. Ma.v 29th. ? Rev. Hugh Strong, who for several years was a.professor in Adger College at Walhalla, died at his home in that town on Sunday of last week, of pneumonia, aged 51 years. He was a native of Chester county. ? Austin McDaniel, colored, is in jail at Winnsboro, charged with setting fire to the House of Sylvester MeClellan, in which McClellan's three children were burned to death. ? J. R. Holmes, a colored teacher of the Hodge School, in Newberry, has received notice of his appointment to a position in r the War Department at a salary of $1,000. lie filed his application in 1883. ? A citizen of Sumter was negotiating for a load of fodder, and pushed his hand toward the heart of the load to sample it, when he discovered a colored woman cuddled up in the fodder. She was put in there for fraudulent weight. ? At the recent term of court at Greenville, John T. Chapman was sentenced to pay a fine of $75 ana all the costs of the case, or be imprisoned in the county jail for six | months, for killing a hen worth twenty-five ! cents. ? The last official act of President Arthur was to pardon M. F. Horn, of Cartersville, Darlington county, who was serving out a term in the United States Penitentiary for violating the pension laws. Horn is now at home with his family. ? As shown by the crop reports of the State, just published, the average condition of wheat for the month of March was 82 per cent., with a small decrease in acreage. The average condition of rye was 87 per cent., with a small decrease in acreage. Horses, cattle, sheep and hogs are in good condition, with very little loss from disease. There has been a small loss of cattle in some sections of the State in consequence of the severity of the winter. ? The Newberry Observer says of Mrs. E. S_ Herbert. the newlv annointed nnstmis tress of that place: "Mrs. Herbert is the daughter of the late Daniel Goggans, of this county, and the widow of Chessley Herbert, who died just after the close of the war. She is a lady of intelligence and good business capacity, with a high sense of duty. The salary is $1,500 a year, with $250 additional for handling the Laurens Railroad mail; the fees from the money order office amount to about $U0 a year, and after the first of next July the Government will pay the rent for the office." MERE-MENTION. The Exchange National Bank, of Norfork, Va., has suspended. In trying to carry a private bank it failed itself, and has been put in the hands of a receiver. The suspension was the severest financial shock in the history of the city. The Hudson River ice crop will reach 4,000,000 tons this year, the largest ever known. Ex-Governor Fletcher, of Missouri, mysteriously disappeared from his home in St. Louis on the Hist of last montn, ana the most persistent search and inquiry have failed to give any clew to his whereabouts. He had a good law practice and was in easy circumstan