Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f craps and <fflcts. ? The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week number, for the United States, .307; Canada 25? total <332, against 336 last week. Casualties are exceptionally numerous in the Southern, Western and Pacific States, which sections furnish more than two-thirds of the whole number. ? Dr. Thomas W. Keene, member of the Virginia House of delegates from Danville, fell dead on the floor of the House a few minutes before 1 o'clock last Saturday from disease of the heart. He had just taken his seat alter addressing the House on a measure before that body. He was just sixty years old. ? The Southern Baptist convention representing about 1,000,000 Baptists, will meet with the First Baptist church in Montgomery, Ala., on the 7th of May next. There will be over 600 delegates present, and it will be one of the largest conventions of the kind that ever assembled in that city. Ex^ r?r?l anfn/1 f a rl a1 i ttav th a VJTUV. >YHtl8, lias UCCU aciciiicu iu ucu ?miv address of welcome. ? A tenement house on the premises of Capt. W. T. R. Bell, at King's Mountain, N. C., was burned before daylight Thursday morning. Three colored persons, Gertrude Rendleman, Julia Earle and Julius, an eighteen months' old child, perished in the flames. The fire originated accidentally from a fire-place and the women were not awakened until enveloped in flames. ? Sheriff Ze^man, of Colfax county, Nebraska, was killed on Thursday in the jail at Schuyler by a prisoner named Lapour, who struck him over the head with a heavy club fracturing his skull. Lapour then attempted to escape, but was recaptured. He had formerly been in an insane asylum, but was discharged because he was found to be sane. At a late hour that night a large crowd of men took Lapour from the jail and hanged him to a neighboring tree. . ?At Salt Lake City on last Saturday, Apostle Lorenzo Snow was sentenced on each of the three convictions of unlawful cohabitation to six months imprisonment and a $300 fine and costs. James H. Nelson, on one conviction was sentenced to six months imprisonment and a $300 fine and costs. Both men were defiant. James Taylor, on promising to obey the law, was sentenced for the same offence to pay a fine of $300 and costs, but without imprisonment. ? The Republicans of the Ohio House of Representatives secured a safe majority on joint-ballot, by summarily unseating nine Democrats from Hamilton county, whose election had been declared valid by the Court. Before this proceeding there was a Republi can majority of five in the House and a Democratic majority of* three in the Senate, leaving the joint ballot very close. After the Democrats were unsealed the Senate and House, in joint session, elected John Sherman to the United States Senate. It required 74 votes to elect. Sherman received 84 votes and Thurman 62. ? General rains prevailed throughout many portions of Florida last Friday. The latest reports from East and South Florida indicate that the damage from the cold was not so great as was at first feared. In some portions of South Florida even oranges on the trees were not spoiled, and it is no longer apprehended that any trees, save very small ones, were killed. The predominant opinion among the planters of Louisiana is that little damage has as yet been done the sugar cane and orange trees in that State, the rains of Thursday and Friday being regarded as faverable to both. ? Hettie Maurer and her two year old girl were found in a road near New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, on Monday of last week frozen to death. Mrs. Maurer, who was Miss Klinger, ran away from her home with a hired man and married him three years ago. She was disowned by her father and had come to abject poverty, her husband having died in the smallpox epidemic in Montreal. She had gone back to the house of her father to ask a home, but was turned away and had gone but three miles whpn shp foil down in the road and was overtaken by darkness and the cold wave. ? The state of desperation into which many of Irish laboring people have been thrown by their long continued privations was illustrated last Thursday by an occurrence at Lismore, County Waterford. The Board of Guardians of the Lismore Poor Union was holding its weekly meeting when a crowd of laborers burst into the room, and in menacing language demanded assistance for themselves and their wives and little ones dying of starvation at their homes. They threatened that unless help was soon forthcoming they would murder the neighboring farmers to obtain means of subsistance for themselves and their families. Ireland is threatened with famine, and much trouble is apprehended. ? A dispatch of Thursday from Tombstone, Arizona, says: Frank Lesslie, a Government scout, who has been with Captain Crawford's command, has arrived here. He reports having met near Hud Springs too couriers of the Tenth Cavalry, who informed him that trouble had occurred between an Indian scout and a quartermaster at Cave Creek twenty-five miles south of Bowie. The scout complained of the quality of the bread issued to him. After some hard words had passed the scout went to his camp, but soon returned with his rifle and shot the quartermaster and the quartermaster's sergeant dead. The officer in charge forbade his soldiers to fire, as he wanted to take the murderer alive. The , scout escaped. ? The statement that President Cleveland has determined that no answers shall be give^ to requests from the Senate for inforinotfrkn as t/? thf> reasnn for rpmnvak or fills pension^ from office is authoritatively denied. No such request has yet been addressed to the President by the Senate. Several communications have been sent to the Chairmen of Senate committees from the various executive departments in response to requests for information as to the reason for suspensions or removals and appointments. In each case it was stated that the department had no information as to the President's reasons for the suspension or removal which was the subject of inquiry. The papers transmitted relate solely to fitness of appointees, and say nothing about the character or qualifications of the officials displaced. Xo issue has yet been raised with the President on this subject. It is further learned that the President as yet has neither expressed nor formed any determination as to what he will do in case a possible issue is raised. ? A Richmond dispatch says: Many serious happenings have grown out of the arrest, trial and conviction of Thomas J. Cluverius for the murder of Fannie Lillian Madison. The reporter who formulated the murder theory has been discharged from the paper to which he was attached; the commonwealth's attorney, who prosecuted Cluverius, did not receive a cent for his labor, and in his successful efforts to secure the detective in the case his fee he has been worried and vexed more than he was during the trial; the stenographer, who worked twenty-four days, has not received a cent and is not likely.to; and last, the principal witness in the case is dead. lie it was who found the torn note. All this while Cluverius sits serenely in his cell. There is a bill before the Legislature to pay thedetectiveandstenographer. Theirclaims are also before the City Council, but it is by no means probable that either body will pay. The Legislature is trying to avoid the pay ment of the debt which the couris uecmeu that the State of Virginia owes the Kendall Bank Note Company of New York, for printing the Riddleberger repudiation bonds. This does not look much like paying claims like those of the detective and stenographer in the Cluverius case. ? The following story, "wonderful if true," comes from Raleigh, N. C., under date of last Friday: ltomulu3 Sturdivant, an esitimable citizen residing in Wake county, has a son named John, sixteen years old, who said to an assemblage last week that he *had received a direct injunction from God to preach the Gospel to all the nations of the earth, and that this injunction had been accompanied by a declaration on the part of the Almighty that in order to further the confidence of the people in the special call made upon him, the boy would be made blind two days and nights. The boy was stricken blind at 11 o'clock last night, and still continues in that condition, but he says he will be restored to-morrow night. lie says God also told him that if J the people did not believe the injunction given, another command and test would be instituted. The boy preached his first | sermon last Thursday night, and last night i preached again. lie says that God prei scribed the text, which was taken from First Samuel, twelfth chapter, and the latter clause of the second verse: "I have folI lowed thee from my childhood, even unto ! this day." The boy has been attending j school. He is in good health and has an ordinary education. While preaching he appears as if asleep, or in a trance, but when the benediction is announced he throws out his arms and shows evidence of revival. A subsequent dispatch says the boy's eyesight was restored as he had predicted, and the affair has created a genuine sensation. Ibe farhriUc (inquirer. YORKYILLE. S. V. : THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 21, 1880. CONGRESS. Congress has been in session seven weeks and, in the way of legislation, has done literally nothing. The past week was devoted by the Senate largely to speech making and Executive business, and the Calendar remains almost exactly as it was at the beginning of the week with respect to measures of general legislation. The Dakota bill (for the admission of that territory as a State cf the Union) the bankruptcy bill and the electoral count bill are to be brought forward for debate and action as soon as possible, and an understanding will probably be reached this week by the Senators respectively in charge of these measures. Senator Kustis has given notice of his intention to deliver a speech tfpon his resolution to pay in silver the bonds that have been called for redemption on the 1st of February. This resolution, with XIr. Beck's substitue for it, are still in the finance committee with no probability of receiving early action. Among the more important measures likely to be discussed in committees and reported to the House this week are the * ' T*t i.:11 Dill ^Kiiown as me jncjriiersuu um m mc last Congress) authorizing national banks to increase their circulating notes to the full amount of their security bonds; the bill authorizing the comptroller of the currency to sanction changes of name and increase of capital stock by national banks; the Oklahoma bill; Hatch's bill to create a department of agriculture and Watson's bill to increase the pensions of widows. The Boutelle resolution of inquiry relative to the Norfolk navy yard will be further considered by the committee on naval affairs. The author of the resolution has little doubt that it will be reported to the House promptly, and as it is a privileged resolution immediate action can be demanded. If the tone of the discussion of the measure in committee can be taken as an indication of the discussion to follow in the House, that body will find thrust upon it a spirited political debate. The origin of the resolution is the recent action of the commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard obliterating the record of certain Union victories in the late war inscribed on the walls of some of the buildings connected with the Navy Yard. The Colored Exodus.?A Little Rock, Arkansas, dispatch says: The immigration of negroes from North and South Carolina to this State is attracting attention. The new comers have generally chosen Chichot, Desha and Drew counties, in Southern Ar! kansas, as places of abode. The negro popJ ulation is very large in rhat section, particularly in Desha and Chichot counties, where ! the Republicans have the majority and I choose the county officers, dividing the offices with the blacks. In the past three months hundreds of negroes have settled in these counties. A gentleman in this city has received a letter from Charleston, S. C., saying that the writer, a leading colored man, desired to locate forty or fifty families, comprising 5 to 8 persons each, in this State during January. Other letters from different parts of the Carolinas indicate that io?cf. 1 noo npo-rnps will come to Arkan *%V -- ^ -- sas between this date and May. The Charlotte Observer ofSaturday says: The darkies continue to emigrate westward, hut there seems to be no further demand for them in Kansas, and they are now going to California. Williams last night turned over 70 head to Messrs. Ed. F. Sisson, of the) Santa Fee route, and A. A. Gallagher, of the Missouri Pacific road, for transportation to California. This batch of emigrants are bound for Los Angeles, having contracted to work in the vineyards and hop fields of E. F. Baldwin, who owns over two million acres of land. According to the agreement they made with Mr. Baldwin through his agent, before leaving here they are to get $12 per month for the first year, with board and houses free. Mr. Baldwin advanced the money to pay for their transportation to Los Angelos, the price of each full ticket being $09.70. The The entire seventy people left .last night on their journey to California. Drummers' Tax Declared Uxconsti! tutional.?On Monday last the Supreme j Court of the United States rendered a de- j I cision which is in effect that the State and I ! local taxes upon drummers or commercial j j travelers are unconstitutional. The case j | was that of Walling vs. the State of Michi! gan. -Walling was a whisky drummer from Chicago, and the State of Michigan wanted I to tax him $300 for selling his goods in her borders under the revised statutes of that State, imposing such an assessment upon all who sell bv sample from other States. Walling took his case to the Supreme Court of ; Michigan and was there directed to pay the tax. He appealed and the United States Supreme Court holds that only Congress by i an inter State commercial law can authorize a drummer's tax such as that imposed j by Michigan, and which is upon the statutes of a number of States. The Supreme Court of Michigan held that the tax eni h\r tho o/'f wne nn f>vprci'sf? r>f tlin police power of the State for tiie discouragement of the use of intoxicating liquors and the preservation of the health and morals of the people. The Supreme Court of the United States holds that this would be a perfect justification of the act if it did not discriminate against the citizens and products of other States, and thus usurp one of the prerogatives of the National Legislature. Moke Snow in the West.?A Denver, Col., dispatch of Monday says: The situation with the blockaded railroads looks somewhat serious. One train for the East J J over the Santa Fe road succeeded in reaching Pueblo, Saturday at midnight, the first since Thursday, and three otliers arrived yesterday. The Kansas Pacific announces | that the train which has been blockaded I nearly two weeks will reach here to-day, but their expectations may not be verified, i as more snow is falling here. The Burlington trains and those of the Union Pacific, via Julasbury, continue to arrive. The San Juan Division of the Denver & Kio (Jrande, ran no train Sunday. Reports from that partol the State are to the effect* that it has snowed hard all day, a fall of fully twelve inches being noted at Durango. There are some fears of serious blockades on that line, but the company will make no effort until the snow storm is over. Silverton reports that the snowstorm began there Friday night, but it did not assume severe proportions until last night, when it was reported raging with great fury, with high wind drifting badly, making the street impossible to travel. THE LEGISLATURE. ji DEFEAT OF THE CENSUS HILL. j 1 [Abbeville Medium.] ,? Conscious that a great outrage has been 1 perpetrated on the State by the defeat of the ' j bill to take the census, the friends of Charles-1J ton are trying to disguise the true issue and I are now saying that localities should be 1 ! represented in proportion to property as ;1 j well as population. It is a lame conclusion j1 and wholly contrary to true Democracy. 11 It is the English idea which promulgates {! the doctrine that the rich must rule and J the poor have no rights worthy of respect. ' The people should arouse themselves to a 1 proper appreciation of the importance of * the situation. If the wealth, industries and ! manhood of the up-country are to be domi- j! nated by the bondholders, factors and brok- j j ers of Charleston, it is time our people should realize it, so as to take steps to prevent any ' such an unhappy result. If American liber- 1 ty is to be maintained it will not receive its support from the money kings of the cities. ( We should jealously watch the least en- 1 croachment upon the rights of the masses. "Fair play is a jewel" but we have noth- 1 ing of the kind now so far as the cornposi- 1 tion of the General Assembly is concerned. ( The wicked may flourish for a time, but j there is a day offreckoning in the near fu- 1 ture. Charleston may. hold on to her extra { representatives for a few years but time ? will bring about its revenges. Then we will see if it pays to take an unjust and un- ( constitutional advantage of a free, patient j and long suffering people. . UNSATISFACTORY LEGISLATION. [Anderson Intelligencer.] "Our State is passiilg through a very crit- , ieal epoch in its history, and if it passes j the crisis without some great convulsion, it < will be because the people chose 'rather to j bear those ills they have' than take part in the convulsion which seems to be the natu- < ral result of our present legislation. More j dissatisfaction is expressed with our legis- j lation now than has been heard since 1870. i Why is this? It is because the government ( of the State seems to ignore demands made ? for legislation from classes that have a right 1 to be heard; and the legislation of the State , seems to be more in the interest of the few ( than of the many. I A DISGUSTED LEGISLATOR. ; [Representative B. II. Rice, in Union Times.] I The last legislature did less good and more < mischief than any that has preceded itRepublican ones not excepted. It has en- I throned .agrarianism; it has ignored the < principles of English liberty and re-estab- ] lished taxation without representation, a ' doctrine and practice so abhorent to our 1 forefathers that they scouted it from their ; presence and sealed it, as they thought, ! with everlasting condemnation. Thus it ' has remained with only occasional spasms ] of vitality, until now. A STAB AT THE TENANT FARMER. [Aiken Recorder.] , The amendment to the lien law passed at the last session of the Legislature destroys the ability of the tenant farmer to raise supplies upon the security of his growing crop, inasmuch as it vests the landlord with such privileges that any merchant making ad- , 1! ?< haim ' VHI1CCS Upull it lieu HIC viuy ivuuiu 1IUI& to wait until the landlord has obtained all ( that he claims. It appears to us that the old law had better have been allowed to remain as it stood, as it has been a great source of relief to thousands of small far- ( mers. SOME KIND WORDS AT LAST FOR THE PRIORITY LIEN LAW. [Walhalla Courier.] We notice a large majority of the journals of the State condemn this Act as oppressive i to the poor and as virtually repealing the i lien law. We are unable to see wherein the law is so objectionable. The law, before its passage, gave to landlords a lien on i the crop of his tenant to the extent of onethird, without writing or recording, or to a i larger extent when the contract was written and recorded. Laborers then had a lien also on the crop for their labor without recording. The present law extends the lien < of the landlord for rents to the amount stipulated to be paid, without recording, and gives the laborer a second lien for labor i where he records his contract. If the land- ' lord makes advances to his tenant he does i it as the merchant now does, by an agree- i ment in writing duly indexed. As to such i advances the oldest lien holds, provided it be indexed first or within the time I limited bylaw. Where is the wrong? It i is said it offers an opportunity for the land- i lords and tenants to conspire to defeat out- < side liens for advances. There may be ex- ] ceptions, but, as a body, we believe our i land owners to be honest and not likely to i claim more as rent than stipulated to be I paid. Were it otherwise, what better op- < portunity would a landlord and tenant want, if so disposed, to defraud a merchant than ! the old law furnished ? They have only to I claim that the tenant, so-called, is a labor- < er working on share or shares of the crop. When this is done the whole crop belongs < to the landlord until rent advances and all 1 claims are paid. Besides, the rule of rent- i ing in this country is so well known and I fixed that a merchant would be safe in con- i eluding that the rent was one-half or one- I third of the crop grown. If standing rent < is paid tnere are very iew men wno wuuiu < refuse to tell a merchant the amount to be i paid by his tenant.. We think the law is < unobjectionable and saves the tenant some i expense in the filing of liens. It certainly i will not injure the merchant, but may ben- ] efit him in making him more cautious in i advancing supplies before inquiry. ! OTHER CRITICISMS. [From the Marlboro Democrat.] I Charleston is certainly a power in our ^ legislative body, and principally for the rea- . [ son that she is represented by statesmen, j men of brains, who are not afraid to assert , her claims, and to speak their opinion on j any subject that arises. The great trouble ( with legislation in South Carolina to-day is , a lack in the two bodies of more men Tike ( Smythe and Buist of Charleston. The rep- , resentatives from all the other counties are ( good men, pure and honest enough, but in f most instances they are deficient in general j information, that great essential to intelli- ( gent legislation. [From the Prosperity Press :ui<l Reporter.] ' A proper care in the selection of candidates is the remedy for the many evils of ] which complaint is now made. The voters ( have it within their power to recive or to , reject those person who present themselves . as candidates for election. Numbers are not . everything. A few intelligent, persevering j and determined men can accomplish a great deal. There is ample time in the future for !. campaign talk. j [From the Pickens Sentinel.] It would be right, proper and just to have the census taken and the apportionment ] made, even if it should take one member j from Pickens county and give one more to j Beaufort. It would be necessary, even if it; , was positively known, that no change what-' j ever would be made; for no legislature is a j, legally constituted body which is not made ,, up according to the constitution which ere- j ates it. - FINANCIAL FEATURES IN CONGRESS. The two features in the financial situa-: < tion in Congress last week were the resolu-' ] tion of Senator Ingalls and the resignation ( of Governor Curtin from the chairmanship j j tho HnnL-ine smd Currenev Committee, f w? *?v/ D v Mr. Ingalls proposes to continue the present 11 silver coinage until a limit has been reach-!' eel of $000,000,000. Under the present sys-' j tern of coinage, $2,000,000 a month, it would ] take fifteen years from date to reach this j amount. It is an extreme proposition and < will be argued by the Senate at an early , j day. i ( The resignation of Mr. Curtin has been i anticipated. His friends had hoped to keep | him from taking this step. Both Mr. Kan- i dall and Mr. Scott tried hard to get (iover- 1; nor Curtin to recede, but he would not. j j They succeeded, however, in keeping him j from making a speech to the House. Gov- ( ernor Curtin's real reasons for resigning are I based upon his opposition to Mr. Bayard's 1 conduct. He thinks that Mr. Bayard was < not justified in interterfering, and he thinks i the Speaker should not have listened to the r Secretary of State. He has, however, agreed 1 not to say anything about his grievances to f the public. j j His resignation brings an extreme silver ' i man?Miller, of Texas?to the head of the ' i Banking and Currency Committee. Mr. j ( Miller is president of the Banking Associa- j ( tion of Texas and is now serving his third ; t term. Ho is an old member of the Banking ' s md Currency Committee. He is an old 1 banker and has had both a legal and com- i mercial education. He is fifty-four years { Did. He is below the medium height and juite slender. He has a narrow, angular, ' diarp-featured face, which terminates in a ?ray moustache and short chin whiskers. To a correspondent Mr. Miller gave his financial views. He said that he was against the suspension of silver coinage, and upon j the question of national banks, which can ! ilone come before his committee, he expressed himself freely. His views upon the sub- j ect will be of interest. He is against na tional banks having a circulation 01 currency notes. lie would confine them to ! strictly bank business. He was opposed to j the entire national bank system until bank-1 ing became free. Now bethinks the system is a very good one. He is against the retirement of the greenbacks, and would favor ! the substitution of the greenbacks for the j national bank issue. He also favors the issuing of silver certificates upon the silver reserve in theTreasjry. He believes that there should be a more effective force of examiners employed to supervise the national banks. He is in favor of increasing the number of examiners. He says if national banks were properly examined often enough such deficits as nave occurred in the Marine National Bank \nd other prominent national banks of late ^'ears would have been impossible. Congressman William L. Scott was discouraged by Curtin's resignation. He regards the promotion of Mr. Miller to the iiead of the Banking and Currency Committee as an advantage to the silver men. He is very anxious to get the silver men to accept his compromise proposition, which is now so well known to the public. He says that the Democratic party must unite upon jorae financial policy aad jie thinks his plan is the best one. Senator Stanford, the richest man in the senate, said to a reporter that he was certain nothing would be done in the way of financial legislation this- winter. He was isked if he intended to make any speech luring the coming financial debates, lie said that he might. He added that he would like to make a plain business talk unless he found his ideas fully expressed by uther Senators. He gave an illustration of how he cornered a prominent gold-standird Senator. He was criticising Mr. Stanford for his advocacy of an 80 cent silver :lolIar. To this Mr. Standford replied, as lie took a silver dollar from his pocket: "I have a proposition to make. You say this lollar is worth only SO cents. I will give x- 1. 1AA AAA ~ C 4- U T P j>Tou ay# cents eacn lur ui uinij. h this dollar is worth only 80 cents you will have a splendid opportunity to make $19,">00 by accepting my proposition." Senator Stanford says that the gold-standard Senator did not accept the offer and did not appear to find at once any means of answering this novel style of argument. In further illustration of his financial views, the forty times millionaire said : "By labor of the people silver was gotten out of the earth and labor was expended on it in every stage of the various processes to which it was subjected between mine and mint, and that when coined and stamped it circulated mainly among the people? among those whose financial affairs were not so extensive as to require bank accounts. On the other hand, paper money, especially the national bank notes, was obtained by bankers with bonds. It was the bankers' money in contradistinction from silver, because it was made for hankers, issued by banks, based on bonds, represented little expenditure of labor and did not, like silver coins, find its chief avenues of circulation among the people." Of Senator Pugh's recent speech on the silver question, the Philadelphia Times says: "Senator Pugh, of Alabama, says that he is a silver man and that the banks in New York oppose silver because that is all that keeps them from controlling the money market; for that if there were no silver they could control enough of greenbacks to draw every dollar in gold out of the treasury, and gold would again command a premium and other Black Fridays be'possible. And this in the face of the fact that the banking laws make it easy for Senator Pugh and other Alabama capitalists or any group of capitalists in any other State or Territory to organize a national bank or two national banks or three national banks and issue all the currency for which the money in their vicinity furnishes any demand. There are a few thousand national banks outside of New York which can do more to keep the New York banks from controlling the money market than all the silver men in the country. On the other hand, if silver depreciates by reason of the exportation of gold, as it is sure to do if coined indefinitely, the New York banks will control the money market sure enough." Of the South Carolina delegation in the Mouse, the Washington correspondent of the News and Courier telegraphs under date ef Friday: Five of the members of the South Carolina lelegation in Congress will oppose the continuance of the coinage of silver, as they ire of the opinion that such a course would be best for the interests of the Government. Probably Representative Dargan has the most pronounced views on this subject, ind it will be remembered that in the last r KIT KiC! tta! Q oungress IIU SltTUUIilSliy uj jho tny increase in the circulation of silver ?oin, and, in fact, wanted it stopped. Still, is the gentlemen referred to are in a minority and see no move for the success of their proposition they are naturally chary about illowing their names to go before the public Tor the present at least. The Gallows.?Charles Wilson was hanged at St. Louis, Mo., last Friday for :he murder of a river mate some months igo. At the execution two doctors, one on lither side, were each holding his wrist, vhen the violent contortion of the hanging Igure shook them aside, and before they ?ould regain their hold upon "the man, a'hose actions showed full possession of . onsciousness, he made frantic struggles to elease himself. His right hand shot up, dutched the rope and held it firmly. It seemed as if the man must die by slow legrees from strangulation, but one of the loctors succeeded in disengaging the hand, ind in a short time the body hung a lifeless orpse. Noah Merryman, the wife murderer, was mnged at Bellville, Mo. Previous to the execution he admitted having killed his vife, and confessed the murder of a woman seddler in East St. Louis some six years igo. The name of the woman he would lot reveal. William Madison, colored, was hanged it Beaumont, Texas, for the murder of Aired Smith, also colored, last summer. The ause of the crime was jealousy. William George, colored, was hanged at Lake Providence, La., for the murder of L'eggy Johnson, August 10th, 1882. The hanging took place in the presence of legal witnesses. George acknowleged he feigned nsanity during his trial, and at the last noment he cried out, "I did kill Peggy Johnson." As the rope was being adjusted le laughed aloud. Will the Gheat Political Parties Dissolve??In his Washington letter to he Augusta Chronicle of last Saturday, Mr. j Kandall says: Many intelligent Democrats ! jmphatically predict that both great parlies are about to disintegrate. It is said ;hey will goto pieces on the money ques:ion, the tariff and civil service reform. The division will unfortunately be geographical. I have for many years favored an aliance of the East with the South Atlantic ttates, but Puritanism and bad leadership it the North have made this coalition alnost impossible. The West and South are ' lriven together in community of interest igainst the East; and one of Calhoun's prophetic utterances seems about to become historic fact. In this connection, I send pou a recent interview with Senator In*alls, which lets much light upon this subect. I le is certain of* the Southern alliance, in economic questions, prefers to demone:i/.e gold instead of silver, is implacably hostile to Eastern bankers and bondholders, and feels confident that political power s soon to drift from old to new centres. The West attributes the fall in the price of ivheat to Eastern machinations, while the South is satisfied that her cotton is deiressed by the same system of finance. So t is contended that the seeds of dissolution ire planted in both parties, and that wonlerful changes are just ahead. The acts of Congress, the conduct of the Administra;ion, and next year's elections will tell the story. liOCAXi AFFAIRS, j; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Lowry it Starr?What You Neeil. f Lindsay it Moore?The City Grocery. 1 Frew ltrothers, Hock Hill, S. 0.?We Have c Genuine German Kainit, Acid Phosphate and Ammoniated Fertilizers. ? I-Iunter it Oates?Low Prices. Withers Adickes?Groceries, Ac. *, Parish, McKnight A Co. ?Dissolution of Copart- ' nership. ( J. H. Saye, Hlairsville, S. $5.00 Reward. J John A. Darwin, Administrator?Application for ,] Discharge. ( J. Realty Williams, Prohale Judge?Annual He- } tin ns. PERSONAL MENTION. * Judge Witherspoon started to Pickens C'. II. 51 last Friday, where he opened Court on Monday. * AGRICULTURAL LIENS. 1 Up to this time not more than one-tenth of the s number of agricultural liens have been recorded 1 in the Clerk's office usual at this date, and of J those recorded the larger number are endorsed j ? by the land-owners. |I OUR PREMIUM BUGGY. S Club makers for the Enquirer, or others in- t terested, arc informed that the splendid huggv, t which we offer as a first premium, can now be seen in the buggy and carriage repository of 1 Mr. Frank E. Smith. \ EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS. t At the recent examination of applicants for i certificates to tench in the free common schools t of York county, there were 70 applicants, of t whom 52 were white and 18 colored. Of the col- i ored applicants none obtained a grade. Of the { white applicants 7 obtained first grade, 12 second grade and lf> third grade, and 17 failed. License to teach will probably be granted to some of the 1 more proficient who failed to obtain agrade. A COLLEGE MAGAZINE. The literary societies of Davidson College propose to commence the publication, next month, of a magazine to bo entitled the "Davidson College Monthly," and devoted to the cultivation of j a literary spirit among the students and the pro- ' motion of the interests of the College. Those ] having the matter in charge appeal to the alumni and the friends of the College for aid in the ' enterprise. The following are the editors elect: 1 Phi. Society?J. TO. Watts. C. S. Gilmer, F. P. j Hall; Eu. Society?D. F. Sheppard, J. A. Mc- j Murray, E. Mack. Terms of the magazine,81.">? j per collegiate year, in advance. , ?**I.FIRE IN THE COUNTRY. On/Tuesday night of last week the store of Mr. D. II. Massev, at Tirzah Postoflice, six miles ' east of Yorkville, on the Itock Hill road, was | destroyed by fire. The house and its entire contents, except the safe containing Mr. Masscy's ' books and naners. were destroyed. On opening the safe, after it became cool, the contents were 1 found uninjured. His loss is estimated at $(>,000, l insured as fotlows: On building, 8300 in Home, ! New York. On stock, Si,000 in same company, 1 and SI,500 in North British and Merchants'. We s are informed that Mr. Massev's theory of the ' fire is that his store was robbed and then burned , to cover the crime. He purposes to rebuild at . once. RAILROAD EARNINGS. 1 The following are the earnings of the railroads ' named, for the month of November, 1885, as compared with the earnings for the same month of 1884: Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta?1884, 870,- 1 507.05; 1885, 860,092.76: decrease, 80,514.09, or 1 15.40 per cent. . < Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line?1884,8104,819.- ] 07; 1885, 8111,238.10: increase, ?6,419.12, or 6.12 j per cent. Cheraw and Chester?1884, 84,114.62; 1885, 88.- . 120.78: decrease 8093.84, or 13-49per cent. Chester and Lenoir?1884, 86,322.06; 1885, 85,- 1 800.13: decrease ?431.93, or 6.83 per cent. 1 The decrease in the total earnings of all the i roads in the .State is ?14,382.40, or2.34 percent. The decrease in freight earnings is 836,017.66, or j 8.43 per cent., while the increase in the passen- ( ger earnings is ?16,018.24, or 11.88 per cent. ; CHURCH NOTICES. { Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. ' Services at 11'A. M., and 7 P. M., next Sunday. ' Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Baptist?Rev. J. E. Covington, Pastor. Ser- . vices at 11 A M.,next Sunday. Sunday-school , at 0.30 A. M. Episcopal?Rev. G. A. Ottmann, Rector?Mor- j ning service at 11 A.M. Sunday-school at 3 P. . M. Evening service at 4 P. M. I Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pas- j tor. Services every Sunday at 11 A. M., and 7 j P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. every Sunday. ( Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sun- j day, at 11 A. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. John- < son, Pastor. Services at Philadelphia Church next Sunday, at 11 A. M. i y\THE YORKVILLE POSTOFFICE. | Mr. W. Adolphus Moore has been appointed Postmaster at this place to succeed Mr. John R. i Wallace, wno nas neiu me pusuum anraA|jiu , 5, 1873. The information of the new appoint- i ment is conveyed to the press by the following Washington dispatch under date of Saturday, to the Charleston Sunday News: r I'ntil recently the postoflice at Yorkville, S. 1 C., was of the Presidential class, but the business \ at that point has declined to such an extent that ] it has dropped back to the fourth class grade. . Inconsequence of this reclassification the term of the postmaster, J. It. Wallace, suddenly came J to an end, and Representative Hemphill, in ' whose district the office is located, was notified, 1 and instead of recommending the continuance ( of Mr. Wallace, he endorsed Mr. W. A. Moore f to fill the vacancy thus occasioned, and the ap- , pointment of Mr. Moore was consummated yes- . terday. The salary attached to the office is now ! nine hundred dollars per annum. THE WEATHER. The terrible freeze of last week has given way ( to weather genial and spring-like in comparison i with the Arctic wave which hung over us for C several days, rendering the winter of 188(> mem- ( orable in this section on account of its severity. ' Though the snow was not deep, it remained on ' the ground several days, and on Saturday morn- ' ingsleet falling upon the frozen snow rendered ' pedcstrianism decidedly unsafe. Broad and Catawba rivers were both frozen from bank to bank, j the ice on Broad river being four inches in f thickness. On Bullock's creek, a fourth of a . mile aboye where it empties into Broad river, ice was ol sufficient thickness to sustain the weight ; of two large cows, standing side by side, and e dogs chased rabbits across Catawba river on the '< ice. Sofaras we have been able to learn, there < were very few extreme eases of suffering in the . county. With our usually mild winters and the proverbial neglect of the colored people, many j of whom on this occasion were entirely unpre- \ pared for the blizzard, some of them, no doubt, sutlercd, but not near to the extent of the same class as reported from other counties. The only r casualty resulting from the cold in this county j was the death of Stephen Brown, an aged and t infirm negro living about two miles west of 1 town, who died in the midst of the freeze, his t death being hastened by exposure to the cold. 1 BBBBEOBHnBaBBUI Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. T~~ LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. j Hock IIill, S. C., January 18.?Theelec-11 tion on last Monday for intendant and war- j 1 dens to serve the town of ltock Hill for the ; ( ensuing year passed off quietly. There 1 were only two tickets in the field, one hav- { ing withdrawn. The following ticket was ; 1 elected: A. II. White, Intendant; 1). C. U Williams, J. G. Anderson, W. C. Hutchi- t rp At llnllnan Uforrlonc f SUU, X. i'l. J/UJJUJt, ITUIUUIOi The old Council met on Monday night J and levied a tax of 30 cents per $100 to de- i fray the expenses of the town for the next < year. t )<X>n Wednesday night the new Council s assembled and were sworn in by Mr. A. K. ' c Smith, the retiring Intendant. An election 1 was then held tor town marshal. There 1 were two applicants for the position?Col. t C. J. Pride and ('apt. E. 11. Mills. The 1 former received 4 votes; the latter 1. Capt. c Mills offered to serve the town as marshal ( for $30 per month ; but a resolution was i offered and unanimously carried, to pay J Col. Pride $40 per month. Mr. B. M. Few-i > ell was elected Secretary and Treasurer. ; i Thomas Sewards was appointed to take charge of the town clock. The cold wave has passed away, and to- c day we are enjoying spring-like weather, j The snow, which had covered the ground j r for several days, has melted, and but for 1 the sloppy streets and bad roads, I think ; c t/ie trade of our town would much improve. J The ice on Mr. Freidhiem's pond last; 1 week was from 3 to 4 inches thick, and the \ young people of our town had a most pleas- t ant time skating. The surface of the pond j vas filled with skaters each day and until ate at night. There are several cases of pneumonia in r >ur town, mostly confined to the colored r )eople; but nearly every person complains >f>cold. /At the last meeting of the American Le^, < fion of Honor at this place, the following < ifficers were installed by J. F. Reid, 1). S. ^ J.: J. B. Johnson, Commander; J. II. ' )vercash, V. Commander; W. B. Wilson, ] fr., Orator; Fred. II. London, Secretary; < UM. Cherry, Treasurer; Frank O. London, \ .'ollector; \V. S. Creighton, Guide; J. W.f A'esterlund, Warden ; B. M. Fewell Sentry. 1 Rock Hill was certainly fortunate during VI he past year as regards fire. There was not ] i single alarm of fire given during the year ; 885. y Cotton seed, which has been coming-in 1 reely during the past fall, has fallen off con- t iderably in regard to receipts. The price i rns declined to 13J cents, which perhaps ex-1 i )lains the light receipts. There were thous- j ^ ~ f?l'1 . ?* ihi'n rvlnnn /lnrinnr fhn I iiius ui uunuu'is nuiu <iu nun piuiv uunu^, mv- j )rt.st season ; yet the farmer pays the oil j ( nills almost double the price for the same L eed after the oil has been extracted, while | < he best fertilizing property of the seed is j he oil. ' . The priority lien Act passed by the last | ! legislature does not seem to have the ef-1 J ect desired. The merchants of this place ' nform me that there are as many appli:ants for supplies on liens on crops as here- ' ofore, and in nearly all cases the liens are aken. Thiscertainly isinoreadvantageous f o the merchants, as in nearly all cases they 1 equire the land-owners to relinquish their i jrior liens. 1 The many friends of Capt. 15. 1'. Alston i will regret to learn of his serious illness. < Flis physicians pronounce him in a critical ondition. Hal. ( Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. > LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, January 18.?At a public meet- | ng held on last Wednesday afternoon at ;he Court House, the following ticket was lominated for Intendant and Wardens of 1 :he town of Chester for the ensuing year: ; J. L. Glenn, Intendant: S. M. Jones, G. I). ] Heath, E. T. Atkinson and Dr. G. B. ' White, Wardens. This is is an excellent 1 ticket. The election will be held on the j fourth Monday of this month. According ;o the provisions of recent legislation, voters are required to register ten days pre- ] ;eding the day of the election. .Mr. G. i W. Gage was the chairman, and Mr. J. B. < McFadden, the secretary of the meeting. ; The wardens were nominated by acclama- i tion ; in the nomination of Intendant, Mr. i Heath opposed Mr. Glenn, but the latter i was successuu. In the late cold spell the thermometer , registered as low as three degrees below ze- , ro at this place. There was a great deal of ( suffering among some of our poor colored , people, who were without wood, but the suffering was in a great measure relieved ( by the liberality of our white citizens. Intelligence was received here on last Thursday afternoon of a large fire atWinns- 1 boro. A dispatch was promptly forward- ' 2d that the Chester fire department was : ready to respond to the call of her neighboring town if the emergency required. 1 Fortunately the fire was extinguished without any help from Chester. The new year is frequently attended with the establishment of new firms, and the dissolution of old ones. The law firm if McNeel & Henry has been dissolved, and Messrs. J. K. Henry and G. \V. Gage bave formed a partnership for the practice if law. J. M. McNeel, Esq. will continue the practice of law at the same office. The mercantile firm of Cross & Hafner has ieen dissolved. The business will be contin- : jed at the same stand by Hafner & Bro. Registering of voters for the town election aegan on last Friday. One hundred and sixty names were registered on that day. The managers of the election make a record ( )f the names of the streets on which the registered voters live, and ask, if they desire, whether the person registering has sver served a term in the penitentiary. It , is not positively known whether or not j there will be another ticket in the field besides the one nominated in the Court House. , Indications, however, point to an opposing ticket, and to a close and exciting struggle. The Glenn ticket was nominated on the platform of a reform in municipal affairs. It is not unlikely that the anti-Prohibitionists will rally their forces on the lay of election and do all in their power to ; win the prize of victory. It is reported that Mr. Barnett, of Landsford, was drowned yesterday in Catawba River. I cannot vouch for the reliability if the report. ' The Auditor is now engaged in receiving returns. It would be well for property 1 nvners to attend to this matter heiore tne 1 time expires. ( There is general rejoicing at the termi lation of the late cold spell. It is devout- ' ly hoped that a long time will elapse before [ ts like is again experienced. m. j Immense Destruction of Texas Cattle.?The storm which swept over Texas < ast week is without a parallel in the histo- 1 y of Texas in its extent, severity and du- . ation. Intelligence from the cattle regions I )f the State are of the gloomiest and most 1 lepressing character. The loss in cattle, will < je great and cannot now be approximated i intil the full extent of the damage inflict- 1 id by the intense cold upon the stock in- I :erest is fully known. From the southwest 1 ind west news is received that the cat- I ;le are driven against fences and are rapdly dying from cold. The loss will be unjsually heavy. I From Balesville in the Northwest, news ; ;omes that great prairie fires have occurred i n that section of the country, and that the i :attle are dying by hundreds, from the cold < carcasses strewing the prairies, and that the j oss will be enormous, no provision having i :>een made for the care of cattle in those i fleak districts, which are devoid of every- I hing except grass. j The loss of cattle in the Pan Handle will )e very great, although no reliable reports i lave been received from that remote dis- r rict. All the water pools and streams . hroughout heavy cattle growing districts i >f the State are frozen over hard, and add- , ng to the gravity of the situation a heavy j mow storm set in Sunday night. Texas < 'rom the Sabine to the Itio Granda and * 'rom lied River to the Gulf is covered to , i deptli varying from two inches to one foot of snow. The death rate among the ' itock from cold will reach frightful proportions and enter the millions. A Son's Sad Downfall.?A Nashville, J renn., dispatch of last Saturday says: Much nterest and sympathy is existing here over he case of young \Y. S. Hall, in prison for j arceny, and whose case was postponed in he criminal court yesterday by Judge Alen to the 21st instant, llis companion, ( Dorsey, will be tried at the same time. * Young Hall's father, Rev. Thomas Hall of 1 Louisville, was in the-city yesterday. He * sa venerable minister of the gospel, and is imirt hrnk-pn ovpr the course of his son. dev. Mr. Hall comes of a wealthy South i Carolina family, is a graduate of the West Point* Military Academy, and at the be-! s rinning of the war entered the famous I ^ Hampton Legion. He surrendered with j 1 Jen. Joseph E. Johnston, in 1SG5. After ( his event he spent many years in Bloom-! i ield, Ky., as pastor of a Baptist church, j i decently he was called to Louisville, and i low holds the pastorate of the First Baptist j t hurch of that city. Young William Hall, : 1 he prisoner, is of seven children the only j ! ion, and was the petted idol of the family ; | :ircle. The father begged as a special privi- j t ege to a stricken parent that his son be al-! 1 owed to come under the custody of an ofli-! 1 rer to see him at the Maxwell House, as < ic wished to be spared the humiliation of1 i iver beholding his son the inmate of a fel- r >n's cell. The request was granted. Their neeting was exceedingly touching. Mr. Iall says that heretofore his son had led a drtuous life, and until a recent date was a ' nemberof the church in Louisville. ( A Woiti) to the Farmers.?Some of t >ur farmers say it costs eight cents per i )onnd to raise cotton. If that is a cor- t ect estimate of the cost, it seems to us the i 'armer who plants all cotton and no corn or 1 >ats, and who depends on the cotton for ev- ? irything he uses on his farm, even to the i lay and manures, is certainly making a ery poor investment. It is only a ciues- t ion of time when he must prove a failure.? i inrfersou TnteUigenoer. j SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The Newberry Observer .says there are ilready five candidates for Congress in the Third district. ? It is reported that John C. Ferguson, onfined in Abbeville jail for the murder >f Arthur M. Benedict, is in a critical conlition from ill health. v? Bev. I)r. Eugene Daniel, of Memphis, Tennessee, declines the call recently extended him to become pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Columbia. ?The complroller general is prepared to >ay all claims for artificial limbs passed by ;he artificial limbs board since the Legislature made an appropriation for the purpose. ?The citizens of Indian Land Township, Lancaster county, have organized to deect the incendiaries of that section, and it s intimated that a lynching will take place ,vhen they are caught. ? A peculiarity of Congressman Tillman ? * f nnrlnt* o ntr ni'r_ S UUL IU WCtU <111 UYCllUftl uiniwi ?IIJ VIAlumstances. During the recent severe ,veather in Washington, he defied the biting cold without an overcoat. ? Says the Edgefield Chronicle: It is to De hoped that the present low price of cot;on will induce the people to go to raising nore cattle, hogs and hominy, and do away ,vith credit, cotton and chronic complaints. ? At Leesville on Monday morning, Mr. ?. L. Mack's store was destroyed by fire, liy hard work his residence, which was listant only thirty feet, was saved. Every:hing in the store was consumed. Loss ibout ?1,000 partly covered by insurance. Origin of the fire unknown. | ? The prohibition law having been repealHi in Walhalla, the Council of that town ? nas fixed liquor license at ?200 per annum. The county license is ?100 and the United states license ?25, making the license cost v total of ?.'125. The Courier says several bars will open this week. ?Winnsboro News: Annmberof gentlemen in town from the country for the past two days inform us that cattle are dying up in consequence of cold weather. It is generally the property of those who are notable to properly protect them from the weather, and many a bill of sale and other security will be lost inconsequence. ? Post Office Inspector Whitesides, who a few days ago arrested Joseph N. Rivers, the colored postmaster at Ladies' Island, S. '., says an investigation of the charges against Rivers shows that the office pays but ?1.50 mnually, and that the postmaster has gotten away with three thousand dollars in money orders and postage stamps. ? The store of Hayes & Rutland, at Rock City, Fairfield county, was burned on Wednesday night of last week. Their loss is estimated at ?.3,000. They were insured in the Home Insurance Company of New York for ?1,300. There is nothing known of the origin of the fire in this case. ? Abbeville Press and Banner: the general opinion is, that the oat crop is ruined, except in cases where the seed was sown early last Fall, and we have heard the opinion expressed that even the earliest crops must be greatly thinned out. The majority of opinions that we have heard is to the effect that the wheat crop is not much injured. ? Mr. T H. Davis, the prominent merchant of Ridgeway who was warned by the i.i A^ i iu.i regulators ui mirneiu iu ichvc uuu seuuun, is making ready to depart. He has sold out his large stock of dry goods and clothing to J. L. Mimnaugh, of Columbia, at very cheap rates, and is offering his real estate at prices which should enable him to sell. He expresses his determination to go to Georgia. ? Robert M. Gourdon, young son. of the late Dr. Peter G. Gourdon, was killed while hunting in Santee Swamp last Satnrday. When found he was lying on his back with a bullet hole in his forehead, from which he died in two hours afterwards. He is supposed to have been shot accidentally by some hunter, though none could be found in the vicinity. ?Thomas R. Wilson, trestle master on the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta < Railroad, was killed .on the 12th instant on the Pee Dee trestle by the north bound through freight train. The deceased was trying to unload two hand cars of timber when the train turned a curve, and before it could be stopped ran into the cars knocking both from the track and killing him instantly. ? One of the Presidential appointments which, from the present indications, will be strenuously opposed in the Senate is that of Major D. F. Bradley as collector of internal revenue for the district of South Carolina. The opposition to his confirmation comes from his predecessor in office, Mr. 10. M. Brayton, who will endeavor to have laid before the Senate several grounds of nbjection to the confirmation of the present incumbent, the objection being of a political nature. ? A few days ago a small colored boy, son of Peter Black, who lives near Whitaker's, was carelessly handling a gun in the house. His mother directed him to goon an errand, out failing to do so at once, a sister, smaller than himself, reported the fact to her mother. Instantly the report of a gun was heard ind the girl dropped dead upon the fioor, the load having taken effect in her head. Seeing what he had done the boy became rrantic and fled from his home and has not oeen seen since. ? Abbeville Press and Banner: A negro boy, some twelve or thirteen years of age living on Mr. Thomas Watson's place near Bradley, had his skull broken and a portion of his brains knocked out about a month ago by a runaway mule. Strange to ?ay, the boy has so fully recovered from his injury as to be able to run about as though nothing had happened to him. This little negro neglected to untie the hame-string belore attempting to ride the mule, and being thrown he was entangled in the gears. ? Tn Winnalincn Inst, fhnrsdflv. a firo broke out in the saloon of Groeschel & Co. The firemen found some difficulty in getting the steam engine to work, owing perhaps to the frozen condition of the same, uid the fire had made such headway when the water was turned on that it was impossible to save the building. By hard work, with a gentle wind blowing favorably, the sale and feed stable of Messrs. A. Williford t Son, within a few paces of the fire, was aved. ? John Ileesman, a merchant in Charleston for forty years, died suddenly on the 4th )f January. It has now been ascertained that he has forged notes on the banks there for $10,000 and was a defaulter to that imount. He was treasurer of St. Matthew's Gferman Lutheran Church, the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and several other organizations, and was short in his accounts with all of them. The affair creates i great sensation, as the deceased was generally considered as /one of the most respectable and responsible men in Charles;on. ( )uk Indian Policy.?'The extraordinary spectacle of two Indians brought all the way from Wyoming Territory to Joliet, 111., leavily loaded with chains, to be imprisoned for a year for killing a cow, is one of the nost suggestive of the many incidents which our Indian policy is continually furlishing. The Indians are Arapahoes, and heir tribe is said to be starving, owing to [he non-delivery of Government supplies. Had these two braves started on the wareath and burnt and ravished their way hrough a Territory, they might have been Drought to \\ ashington, when captured, as leroes, and exhibited in New York as the . hivalry of the plains. Old Sitting Bull, ,vho wiped out a whole regiment of white rien, is a dime museum hero now. ? Xeiv York World. Marriage Licenses in Maryland.? rhe biggest issue in Maryland just at present is the tight over the price of marriage icenses. At the last session of the Legislate a bill reducing the price to one dollar ,vas lost by Democratic votes. The Comproller favors the one dollar figure, and a lew bill has been introduced, making the ee fifty cents. The licenses at present cost >4.50. The Baltimore American thinks this iltogether too high, as it is the policy of the state to encourage marriages. It is wrong o tax poor people too heavily for a step ivhieh tends to the building up of homes md the encouragement of morality.