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Scraps and Jacts. ? The Cranberry iron mines are booming. Six hundred men are employed there constantly. It is said on good authority that there is as much oro in that one mine as in all the minesabout Birmingham. Alabama. . ^nd the ore is of superior quality, too. -^ Chas come to pass that almost every Southern town now claims to be on a boom, and in most instances the claim is sustained. The money that once purchased slaves now goes into more substantial capital, and cities and railroads are springing up on every hand. ? In boring a well in Logan county, Arkansas, the drill suddenly dropped several feet. A tube was let down, and it brought to the surface a quantity of black sand, mingled with metal, which proved to be copper and gold. Samples were sent to St. Louis and the assay returned 11 pounds of gold to the ton. ? Mr. W. F. Windle, about sixty-eight years of age, and a resident of Charlotte, N. C., for the past thirty-five years, committed suicide in that city on Tuesday morning of last week, by snooting minseii in tne neaci with a pistol. He was stricken with paralSis some time ago, and his mind was afjted. The deceased was highly respected [ in Charlotte. | ? In the Woman's Suffrage Association ' of Cook county, Illinois, recently held in j Chicago, the principal point under discus! sion was that of uniting with the Woman's I Christian Temperance Union. Part of the | convention favored this combination, believing that it would help them to gain their point; others opposed the motion, arguing that it would be an obstacle in the way. " ? On last Thursday night ^he "store of Morris Brothers at Dallas, N.'C., was entered by burglars, the safe blown open and robbed of about$500 in cash, and the buildingset on fire. It and the contents were totally destroyed. The store was a new brick building, and the loss, including stock of goods, is about $10,000, on which there is only $2,000 insurance. ?T. C. Evans, of Nanticoke, Pa., who was arrested last fall for bribery at a Republican convention in offering a candidate for sheriff his vote and the vote of twenty-four others for $10 each, was convicted in the Criminal Court at Wilkesbarre, last Friday. Judge Woodward made a strong charge and the jury promptly agreed. The exposure was made at the time by the Record, a Republican paper, and created widespread interest. ,On Monday of last week, William Leed ?Ornish, of Sharpsburg, Washington county, Ky., shot Miss Lula Greene through the heart and brain because she would not marrv him. Cornish was captured and taken to Springfield, the countyseat. Last Saturday night a mob, composed of seventy-five men, entered the jail and secured the prisoner. He was taken to a farm about two miles north of the town and hanged. ? A State Convention of farmers df North Carolina was held in Raleigh last week, and adjourned to meet in Greensboro on the second Wednesday in next January. Reform and economical expenditure of the public money was the object aimed at by the Convention. Among other resolutions adopted was one requesting the General Assembly to enact laws to reduce the salaries of Superior Court clerks and registers of deeds and the creation of tax collectors for the several counties of the State. ? The recent act of Congress pensioning Mexican war veterans debars those under sixty-two years of age, to which one of the excluded class says: "It seems rather inconsistent that being over forty-five years, I am considered incapacitated by reason of the infirmities of age from holding a position in Government employ, while by the restrictions of the recent act pensioning soldiers of the Mexican war I am in effect regarded as fully competent, mentally and physically, to earn a livelihood until I am sixty-two years of age." ? Some anxiety has been entertained by certain parties in Richmond and elsewhere as to what might possibly be found in the cell occupied by the late T. J. Cluverius, and the time was anxiously awaited when the ioor should be opened. It was opened last Thursday in the presence of reporters for the press, and everything examined minutely. STo confession was found, nor was there any food grounds for believing there would be, n the estimation of persons who really followed the case in all its phpses. ? A letter has been addressed to the President by the National Legislative Committee of the Knights of Labor, asking him to veto ;he inter-state commerce bill. They claim :o represent nearly 5,000,000, or nearly onelenth of the whole people of the United States. Their objections to the bill are first, die commission clause; second, the arbitrary jower conferred upon the commission; hird, the exclusive jurisdiction given to he federal courts to hear and determine sauses arising under this act; fourth, the acknowledged uncertainty as to the meaning >f nearly all of the provisions of the measure. ^Kot less than a dozen instances of failure in the bold surgical operation known is laparotomy, or cutting open the abdomen in order to repair inward hurts, have >een kept out of public sight in New York within six months. The success in several ?ses, however has been freely disclosed, rife latest death was that of a boy treated it the Chambers street hospital, a public eception place for wounded persons. Afer the usual manner his bowels were en;irely removed through a long incision, ;he wounded intestines sewed carefully, ind then everything replaced as carefully is might be. The lad expired in an hour. The surgeons held that ho could in no event lave recovered, but there is a feeling that hese dreadful operations should not be reorted to in utterly hopeless cases. ? x\ coiuiijuinuuiuu irtmj me oecreiary 01 he Treasury to the House estimates that he number of survivors of the Mexican Var entitled to pensions under the bill iassed by Congress is 34,826. The first anual payment will require $4,663,104 and to ispose of the claims the Pension Office will eed an increased force of 221 employees, at cost oT $267,000. The Wheeling, Va., legister calls attention to the fact that since he close of the war the sum of $8,000,000 as been paid out of the United States treasry for pensions. The bill for the present ear will pay out $75,000,000. The list is till on the increase, and "it probably will ot be long until every man who enlisted l the army or navy is pensioned." Our overninent now pays more for pensions lan all the combined powers of Europe rith their immense armies and frequent tors. ?The Senate has a second time rejected ie nomination of James C. Matthews, the )lored man from New York, to be Recorder f Deeds for the District of Columbia. Jt i said that the vote stood 17 ayes and 31 oes, and that of this number three Repubtns voted "aye" and about six Democrats no." A Chicago daily makes a timely obirvation when it remarks that with a Dem;ratic President trying to give the office of reorder to a colored man, and a Republican mate trying to keep him from doing so, ie impression is likely to be made on the sgro mind that, after all, the Democrats, id not the Republicans, are the friends of ie colored race. Should this condition of lind come to be prevalent, the solid South ould be solider than ever, and the last guinent of the bloody shirt Republicans buld be deprived of all semblance of argu* T 1 -1 i 4.1 -A Xjonuon uispuicn uius nuiuiuiiuis mu cent rumors of a probable general war in nrope: According to the most recent ad ces the Foreign Office denies that it has IKy official knowledge that the relations Between France and Germany point to the Biminence of war between those countries, ^ftie German, French and Italian ambassa >rs to the court of St. James have called the Foreign Office in search of informa an on this point, and have also sent inquiKs to their respective governments in hope eliciting direct and authoritative news. Hie several governments have responded every case with pacific declarations. All ^ ^ifficial news in London and Paris is M. Goblet, the French Prethat the report that war is immitogether false. A Berlin dispatch HHH the relations between France and are excellent. ^^^ eral Charles P. Stone died in New I^Hlonday. He was a gallant soldier in ^^^Hexican war, and one of the bravest in between }he States. ITo was one of the first ex-United States officers to enlist on the Union side at the outbreak of the struggle in 1801. In 180? he was arrested and imprisoned for a while in Fort Lafayette on some charge of misconduct. lie was released without explanation. He however served gallantly in various commands. 1 He resigned from the army on September 13, 18GG, and took up his residence in Virginia and made his home for some time near Richmond, and carried on the Dover coal mines in Goochland. It is said that he was subsequently offered a position in the army which he declined, but in 1870 he received a flattering offer from the Khedive of Egypt to enter into his military service. This offer was accepted and his work in reorganizing the Egyptian army won universal praise from the first soldiere in the world. He was ever afterwards known as "Pasha" Stone. ?0rkvillc inquirer. YORKVILLE. S. C. : WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,1887. THE INTER-STATE COMMERCE ACT. We print in another column a synopsis of the inter-State commerce act recently passed by both houses of Congress. It has not yet received the signature of the President, but from the decided majority by which it was passed, he will hardly give it his official disapproval, whatever may be his opinion of its merits. What may be the working of the law, should it become operative, cannot be foretold, but the wisdom of attempting to regulate the railroads of the United States by Congressional legislation, in a manper to prove satisfactory or advantageous to the people served by such /1/MiRffnl anrl urhilc vT4.' lCli9) 19 CA jICUIUI J UUUk/UUl ) UUU U (U1V Congress may attempt to reduce rates by enacting: a law for maintaining a uniformity of charges, as we understand to be the essence of this act, the very reverse of this intention may be the result. The act has able advocates, however, all over the country, and discussing its measures the Boston Journal says: To all intents and purposes the bill is practically law, and railroad managers should lose no time in studying its provisions and preparing to adjust their operations to them. Perhaps some of the newspaper critics ol the bill may find leisure now to ascertain what it does actually contain. We need not say that we regard this measure as a vindication of an important principle. It establishes a definite system of regulation and responsibility for the railroads, and will put an end to the abuses and injustices which have flourished under no control. It is not a "confiscation" of the railroads as some over-excited and imperfectly informed people have declared, and does not involve any dire catastrophe for the roads or their customers. It is in the interest ot justice, stability and fair play; and if wisely administered and loyally accepted, it will promote the general good. The Baltimore Sun says: Prominent railroad men suggest a convention of railroad representatives to agree upon a rise ol 100 per per cent, in through freight rates, with the anticipated effect of creating a panic and bringing about the repeal of the inter-State commerce act. Such an advance would pay the railroads very well until the commission brought them to book for vio lating the fundamental requirement of the act, which is that the rates shall be "reasonable and just." An advance of 100 per cent, in rates at one time by all the railroads would look like a pool or conspiracy, and would have to be explained satisfactorily by reference to details. There is a penalty of $5,000 for each violation of the act. This penalty, together with the terrors of an investigation, will probably prevent any unnecessary advance of rate?. The better policy for the railroads is to accept the act loyally and try to carry it out in good faith. They have long desired something to protect them from themselves, and they may yet find the inter-State commerce act the very thing they h^ve wanted. It subjects them to thp restraints of law, and must tend to substitute civilized methods for barbarous and predatory habits. There are some roads probably that never had a solid basis of business. But to roads that are really needed, quiet, steady and honest ways, such as the law requires, will in the end be admitted to be better. Stockholders will undoubtedly fare better when railroad officials lose their autocratic powers and wild-cat adventures have an end. -4-JV0MEX SUFFRAGE IX CONGRESS. ItV the Senate on Tuesday, Mr. Blaii moved to lay aside the unfinished business, and to take up the proposed women suffrage Constitutional amendment. Carried? 25 to 1G. Before proceeding with the consideration of the suffrage resolution, the Chair announced his signature to the Inter-Statf | commerce bill. The following is the text of the proposed Constitutional amendment: "The rightof citizens of the United State* to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, 011 account of sex. Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to enforce the provisions of this article." Senator Brown addressed the Senate in opposition. He said that, as a member of the select committee on women suffrage, he had signed, with Senator Coekrell, a minority report in which they had sought to establish the fact that the proposed legislation would be injudicious and unwise. Pie should not hesitate to reiterate to-day portions of what he had then said. He believed that the Creator intended that the sphere of males and females of the human race should be different, and that their duties and obligations, while they differed materially, were equally important and equally honorable. It was doubtful, he said, whether man or woman had now the most influence in Government affairs. Intelligent, noble cultivated woman was a power behind the throne. All her influence was in favor of morality and good government. She now exercised an imperceptible influence in j public affairs much greater than she could j if female suffrage were enacted. It might j be a gratification to $ small minority of ! women, but it wouldjbe cruelty to a large I majority of them, x Tne most ignorant and ! the least refined portions of the female popI ulation, (to say nothing of the baser classes) would flock to the polls, while refined, in; telligent and virtuous women would stay at home. Thus there would be a vast preponderance of ignorance and vice at the polls. Things were bad enough now in that connection. Was the Senate ready to expose women to such demoralization, and the country to such a strain, In order merely to gratifv a small minority at the expense of mbrtification to a large majority? He regretted the movement as an attempt to reverse the very laws of being. Neither the physical or moral laws of nature could be reversed; but this was a movement to ati tempt to reverse those laws. His opinion I was that a very large majority of the American people (and even of the female sex) opposed this movement, and they were wise | in doing so. He therefore protested against : the passage of the resolution. Senator Dolph argued in favor of the : resolution, and held that the question for ! the Senate was not that of establishing women suffrage, but of submitting that question to the vote of the several States. Senator Iioar also supported the resolution. Senators Kustis and Vest opposed it, and Senator Blair closed the debate in favor of the resolution. A vote was then ' taken and the resolution was rejected by a vote of :M to 1(>. Hampton voted nay. Butler was paired with Cameron. I THE INTER STATE COMMERCE BILL. | o The following is a synopsis of the Inter- s j State Commerce bill passed by both houses ? ! of Congress: j * { Its first section applies to the provisions j j j of the Act to any common carrier engaged i j j in the transportation of passengers wholly ! y , by railroad or partly by railroad and partly : n j by water when both are used under com- i ! mon control, management or arrangement y through more than one State or Territory, a or from any place in the United States to <. adjacent foreign country. It defines the , term "railroad" to include all bridges and \ ferries used or operated by any railroad. t All charges made for any service rendered v in the transportation of passengers or prop- 0 erty shall be reasonable and just, and every v unjust and unreasonable charge for such ser- . vice is prohibited and declared to be un- s , lawful. ' s Section 2 makes it unlawful for any com- r mon carrier subject to the provisions of this j; Act to charge, demand, collect or receive, ( directly or indirectly, from any person or ^ persons, greater or leas compensation for any s service rendered in the transportation of ^ passengers or property than it charges, de- s inands, collects or receives from any other person or persons for doing for him or them t like and contemporaneous service in the j transportation of like kind of traffic under t, substantially similar circumstances and con- ^ ditions. , Section .'1 makes it unlawlul for any com- H mon carrier, sublet to the provisons of this 0 Act, to make or give any undue or unrea- ^ sonable preference or advantage to any par- j ticular person, company, firm, corporation ^ or locality, or any particular description of , traffic. Every common carrier subject to v the provisions of this Act shall, according s i to theirrespective powers, afford reasonable, j . proper and equal facilities for the inter- [ change of traffic between their respertive lines, and for receiving, forwarding and delivering of passengers and property to and ' from their several lines and those connect- , ; ing therewith, and shall not discriminate in i their rates and charges between such con- 1 ( needing lines. c , Sections 4 and 5 (long and short haul and t , pooling sections) are as follows: i , Section 4. That it shall be unlawful for s any common carrier subject to the provis- 1 ions of this Act to charge or receive any 5 greater compensation in the aggregate for t the transportation Of passengers or of like e ! kind of property under substantially similar g circumstances and conditions for a shorter r tlian for a Innnror rlictiinnp nvpr flip SfltTlfi 'I line in the same direction, the shorter being r ! included within the longer distances, but c > this shall not be construed as authorizing \ i any common carrier within the term of this i . Act to charge and Receive as great compen- ? | sation for a shorter as for a longer distance: t Provided, however, that upon application t to the commission appointed under the pro- a visions of this Act, such common carrier s 1 may in special cases, after investigation by g the commission, be authorized to charge l . less for longer than for shorter distances for t the transportation of passengers or proper- c ty, and the commission may, from time to c time, prescribe the extent to which such r designated common carrier may be relieved 1 1 from the operation of this section of the & Act. s Section 5. That it shall be unlawful for. T 1 any common carrier subject to the provis- i ions of this Act to enter into a contract, t agreement or combination with any other j common carrier for the pooling of freights f of different competing railroads to divide t 1 between them the aggregate or net proceeds 2 of the earnings of such railroads, or any 1 portion thereof; and in any case of an agree- j ' ment for pooling of freights as aforesaid, a each day shaU be deemed a separate of- r ; fence. ' c Section G requires that after ninety days r from the passage of the Act every common ] ' carrier subject to its provisions shall have c printed, and keep for public inspection \ 1 schedules showingits rates, fares and charg- 5 1 es, and in addition to requiringthe railroads 1 1 to give them publicity at all the depots on [ their several lines, it gives authority to the 1 commission, where it is proper and neces- ? sary, to require them to give publicity to 1 their rates to other places beyond the lines t of their several railroads. It also provides f that rates, fares and charges shall not be i raised except after ten days of public notice, c but they may be reduced without previous r * - ' i ! _ 11 i ' puDiic nonce. ^Notice, nowever, snaii uo c simultaneous with the reduction itself. s Section 7 makes it unlawful for any com- ? mon carrier to enter into any combination c ' or agreement to prevent the carriage of freights from being continuous from the ' place of shipment to the place of destination. c Section 8 provides that any common car- ( 1 rier violating the provisions of the Act, s 1 shall be liable to the person or persons in- ^ jured thereby for the full amount of dam- , ! ages sustained in consequence of any such J 1 violation, together with a reasonable coun- ? sel or attorney's fee. ] 1 The ninth section provides that persons , ' claiming to have been damaged by the ac- J tion of common carriers may proceed, for i ' the recovery of their damages, either in 7 ' the courts of the United States or before j the Commission herein provided for, but j not before both tribunals. r The 10th Section makes it a penal offence , to violate any of the sections of this Act, t and puts the maximum of the fine which [ may be imposed at the sum of $5,000. c Section 11 and the following sections \ contain commission features of the bill. They provide for a commission to consist , i of five persons, whose term of office shall be j . for six years, except for first appointments, r , which are to be for two, three, four, five and t six years. The members of this committee \ are to be appointed by the President, by ( ' and with the advice of the Senate. Their g principal office shall be in Washington, ( ; but they may hold sessions at other places t than Washington, and a single member of t the commission may take testimony any- f , whereas maybe directed by thecommis- t i sion. These commissioners have salaries j of $7,500 each. The commission has power ^ to appoint a secretary with an annual salary < of $:i,500, and has authority to employ and * fix the compenstion of such other em- g I pioyets as it may niju ucccssaij/ u/ me j proper performance of its duties, subject J to the approval of the secretary of the in- ^ i terior. . Section 22 provides that nothing contain- ^ ' ed in this act shall abridge the remedies \ now existing at common law or by statute. r Section 2;1 appropriates ?100,000 for the j 1 purposes of this Act, for the fiscal year end ing June 00, 1888. c Section 24 provides that the provisions of (, Sections 11 and IS of this Act relating to { the appointment and organization of the t commission herein provided for, shall take n effect immcdiatecy, and the remaining pro- \ visions of this act shall take effect sixty N . days after date. a f A MORMON FRAID. The following singular story comes from Lincoln, Nebraska: o Two miles south of this city stands a pal- L atial residence owned by an English gentle- *" man, long since identified with the Mormon 1 Church. .It has been untenanted for the a last two years, save by an old servant man j a j named White, who at onetime was connect- j t ed with the Jezrels, of London, a sect simi- ! ? | lar to the Mormons. White claims that he j t I was defrauded by them out of his property, j I ! and latterly became converted to the Mor- ' n ! I mon faith. Me was considered a trustwor- j t ; thy man, and was, therefore, partially | ; j through necessity, taken into the confidence v ' of the leaders of the Mormon Church of [ t Zion, which, according to his statements, is I e ; about to perpetrate a fraud to which he is I U 1 unwilling to become a party. He says: j v "Two months ago there arrived at the t I mansion an old gentleman bearing letters j ? from my muster in .London, tne purport 01 ; r' J which was to obey his every wish and to rJ keep his presence asecretto all except those I 1 i to whom he saw tit to reveal himself. With- j u in a week persons began to arrive at the | a | house by twos and threes. They were from I Salt Lake City, and held long, whispered i consultations with my mysterious guest. I a I Little by little I gathered from stray re- j 1 i marks that he was a person of note, and soon ! s after the truth burst upon me that he is j li 1 none other than Brigham Young, the great |'\ j Prophet of our Church, who is to be appar- j v ently resurrected from the dead and preach j g to the people of Zion as one having returned I v from the grave to tell what lies beyond, j ( ! That his death and burial were a deception i o will soon be seen by the whole world, while ! f thousands of his ignorant believers bow at j p I his feet and he dictates to them their ways ' if life. My guest's visitors are men of high | J tanding and it was in conversation with i neof them, who supposed from the way I ; alked that I knew all, that my suspicions H vere verified, only my informant said Brig- i 1am Young had risen from his grave in Salt j M -<ake City and was instructing his disciples j T. lere in order to prepare the people for the ! ;reat event of his coming. f} The old man told the story with a sinceri- j'( y that warranted further investigation, and , merchant who formerly did business in ja !alt Lake City drove out to the mansion W 'psterdav and rannod at the door. Receiv ng no response he started around the house (il o apply at the rear, when through a bay s window he saw the form and features ot an jj Id man who wassitting inside. As he was inaware of his presence, the merchant approached to within a few feetof the window, canning the old man's face closely, and topping back, immediately pronounced the nan to be Brigham Young, whose marked si< eatures he had often studied in Salt Lake to Mty, and which onceseen he says can never la1 >e forgotten. For a few moments the man ch at silently, then raised his hand to his irow, revealing a scar about the wrist that i till further establishes his identity. / It is a well- known fact that the elders of ta he Mormon Church throughout Utah and m Arizona have of late been preaching the re- th urn of the Prophet. This, together with tri he fact that it was claimed by a St. Louis nan some months ago that Young was seen nd recognized in London; that a number if prominent Mormons frjiJm Salt Lake City ! lave lately been seen .upon the streets of a? jondon ; that important legislation is about ^ o be enacted to the detriment of the Mor- f7 non Church and the veil of mystery with T1 vhich the Prophet's death has always been 1,1 hrouded, makes it almost'certain that the dorm on banners throughout Utah will soon >e unfurled, announcing that "He is risen." . meusention. iir Prof. J. Willoughby Iteade, the well- ?(| mown reader and elocutionist, died in Nor- j oik, Va., on Wednesday last. Marshall Bl ounty. Tenn., has elected a lady superin- je endent of public instruction. Smalls e> s getting up his evidence for contesting the eat of Col. Wm. Elliott in Congress. In ?i /N iUr. tvnlua r\ f ooo i enuesset* tuihuu ui ujjo iw mc vmuc ui j.(1 572,688,000, an increase of $2,600,000 over the rorp of 1880. Toledo, Ohio, is threaten- Y d with inundation by reason of an ice jorge which has formed in the Maumee .. iver, below the city. The Women's LY-mperance Union of Virginia has passed esolutions congratulating Mrs. Cleveland * in her being a total abstainer. Easter ^ vill come on the 10th of April, and accord- _ ng to the old belief there will be an early spring. The track of the Carolina Cenral Bailroad has been finished from Shelby * o Itutherfordton. Henry Artis, on trial ?c it Goldsboro, N. C., for the murder of his in tep-daughter, Louisa Dickerson, was found [uilty and sentenced to be hanged March 111 st. "Mr. Thomas Hardman, the con- tfi ractor, has commenced building the freight vi lepot of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi- tli ago Itailroad at Shelby. The Senato- in ial deadlocks in Texas, Indiana and West Virginia, continue. In the House on Saturday a bill appropriating $10,000 for eeds for the drought-stricken district of B Texas was passed. The resolution accept- of ng Col. Aiken's oath of office was agreed of o. The post office appropriation bill was so >assed without amendment. It is re- y jorted that Secretary Manning will resign a o take the presidency of a new bank in }J( tfew York. The medical colleges of the Jnited States have graduated over 33,000 w ihysicians during the past nine years, ra ind the present rate is about 4,000 per an- re mm. The President has thus far re:eived over fifty applications for the five ailroad commissionerships created by the .. nter-State commerce bill, and other appliations are rolling in every day. There vere 236 business failures in the United states last week, and 35 in Catiada. Both r' louses of the Michigan Legislature have ca lassed a joint-resolution to submit a pro- ca libitory amendmenttoa voteofthe people; C( ind the Tennessee Senate has passed a pro- - libition amendment to the constitution or hat State. Shocks of-.earthquake were elt in various sections of Nebraska last d( Thursday night. During 188G, the sales er >f railroads under foreclosure covered 45 lr oads, 7,087 miles, $170,140,000 of funded fa lebt and nearly $204,000,000 of capital bi tock. *A stay of execution has been se granted to Brooks, the St. Louis trunk mur- hi ierer. (j, H THE COLOR LINE IX POLITICS. b{ The rejection of J. C. Matthews, the col- j? >red Recorder of Deeds in the District of m Columbia, is a pointed illustration of the b( itrength of the color line in politics when here is not direct responsibility to the d, niblie for the indulgence of unreasonable ' irejudiee against the black man. The office >f Recorder had been filled by Frederick Douglass, a colored man, under the late Re- 0 jubliean administration, and President al Cleveland exhibited his respect for his pub- w ic pledges to recognize the rights of eiti- fi( :enship regardless of race or color, by nom- oi nating for the position Mr. Matthews, an tc ntelligept and highly reputable colored ? esident of Albany. The Senate first per- p< nitted the nomination to fall for want of T .onsideration, and when again nominated bi >y the President, the Senate in the star ai ihamber of the secret session rejected him ei lim by a vote of 17 to 31. hi Disguise as they may, the fact remains .S{ latent to the country and the world that tc dr. Matthews has been practically twice ut ejected by the Senate solely because he is S( lot a white man, and it is undeniable that j1( lis rejection was accomplished by the votes t >f Republican Senators who have professed b) ipecial devotion to equal rights for the col- . ired race. It is a frank confession of the \ itter hypocrisy of politicians in their de- cc :lared purpose to maintain equal civil rights in or colored citizens, and stamps upon them he dregs of the stain of the bondman. It st s notice to colored voters of intelligence ai hat equal rights for their race are not to be Sfl gained until they assert their own self-re- er ipect by absolute independence in political iction. Then, and not till then, will equal ho oninvfifl hv our freed men. The President has performed his duty JJ vith courage equal to his fidelity to his sl( >lighted faith to citizens of every race, and vi ie should stand resolutely in vindication of lis act. The pretext that Mr. Matthews is tli lot a resident of the District is obviously ti< nsincere, as the Senate has repeatedly fill- H id the most important District offices with vn itizens of distant-States; but to remove all m luibbles from the great issue involved in he rejection of Mr. Matthews, the Presilent should promptly nominate to the Sen- P! te a worthy colored resident of Washingon. He has such a man in James II. Smith, as vho is to the manor born, and whose charicter and attainments conspicuously fit him c. or the Kecordership.?Philadelphia Times. G Agricultural Stations.?The passage ?f the experimental agricultural statious 0I] lill makes the question, "Is there an agicultural college in South Carolina?" a itj iving and important one. The stations n? re to be in connection with the agricultur1 colleges. If the "agricultural annex" at pil he South Carolina College can pass muster s being within the intent of the law, and K he agricultural part of Clafiin, colored, Jniversity is equally fortunate, the govern- ^ nent stations will doubtless be placed near hem and thestations to be established by the of State will naturally follow, and co-operate nc vith them. In that case the act adopted y the Legislature will probably be chang- Pr d so as to place one station in or near Col- es imbia and one in the upper section. That s0, vould give us three?one in the up coun- C(] ry, one in or near Columbia and One p. t Orangeburg, the last for colored people. Sn Are should be glad to have it so arranged, m Phe colored people do the bulk of our larm abor, and their instruction in the agricultiral science would be valuable to the State Sl1 nd a blessing to them.?Greenville News. 1 ? or Hkcovkred ?1,000.?About two weeks go Mr. Eli Lineberger, who lives near o1 feasant Kidge, Gaston county, had ?1,000 . ' tolen from his trunk in his dwelling. He lad his suspicions of the guilty party, and " 1 * < <1 xx rn rery nttie was saici anoui me mauer. muse ap ratch was kept over the colored servant tei ;irl, who was from King's Mountain. She th ras refused permission to visit her parents, he )n Tuesday Mr. Lineberger went into hie 'j0 Id crib to see if he could find some corn , rom among the old refused, aud found his yy mcket-book with its contents safe.?Dallas, j,c r. Current. lih .OCAIU AFFAIRS J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . F. Adickes?Grand Central Fancy and Dry o Goods Establishment. ?1 . Strauss?Thanks. M. Dobsonit Co.?Still at Cost I'ora few Days. s ay it May?To All. . C. Will'is?Notice. jorgeT. Schorb?Strike while the Iron is Hot. , iwry ?fc Staj-r?More Truth than Poetry. .. E. Spencer?Notice. nie B. Williams?Administratrix' Notice. , . E. Rose, Administrator?Estate of Jos. Rose, deceased. . en 11 it Darwin?A Car Road of Mules and !, Horses. . J A. McElwee?'Turkeys Wanted, ndsay it Moore?What Is It That Tells?$5,000 _ In Thirty Days?Cutlery, Hardware?Mrs. ' G. B. Miller's Scotch Snuft?Coffins. '?-RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION. v larn^s B. Bell, Esq., lias been duly commis- j hv tlio llmjornnr n trinl inyfiro fnr Ynrli / wnship, arul is now prepared to dispense the a iv under the rules and regulations defining the H ities of that officer in York county. ^ A TRIAL JUSTICE FOR CHEROKEE. ( We are informed by Mr. John A. Latta, seere- 1 ry ol' the York Democratic Executive Com- H ittee, that the Governor has been requested by t e executive committee to appoint W. D. Camp ' ial justice for Cherokee township. ASSIGNMENT AT BLACK'S. ? W^Jearn that the firm of Black, Carpenter it wies, at Black's, in this county, has made an 1 signment, Dr. John G. Black being the as- t ;nee. The assets of the firm are stated at ( ,.'500 with liabilities amounting to 9ti,500. j; le assignment is said to have been forced upon s e firm by the pressure of some of the creditors, j LECTURE ON CHINA. 1 Rev. F.C. Iliekson, pastor of the Baptist church this place, who spent two years as a inissiony in China, and who has only recently return- * I from that country, will deliver a lecture on lina, the habits and customs of the people and ( e progress of Christianity among them, in the aptist church at 7 P. M. on Sunday next. The cture will be freo and a general invitation is :tended to the public. PERSONAL MENTION. Orj^ast Monday evening, Mr. Ernest B. Beard, i turned from his trip to Florida. i Miss Lula Fitcher, of Charlotte, X. C.t is in 1 orkvillo visiting Miss Rosa Lindsay. We arc glad to be able to announce that the ialth of Mr. T. M. Dobson is improving. Miss Fannie McCullough, of Baltimore, is in orkvillo visiting friends, and is the guest of ' rs. W. C. Latimer. MEXICAN WAR VETERANS. \/onave received a letter from Mr. Edward onroo'Fewell, formerly a citizen of York >unty, but now of Water Valley, Miss., mak- ( ig enquiry lor the names of survivors of the i exican war who enlisted in York county, as embers of Capt. John Sitgreaves' company, | ! which Mr. Fewell belonged. Such sur- ? ivors, if any, will please report their names at ( le Enquirer office, and we will take pleasure i forwarding them to Mr. Fewell. i A DEADLY ASSAULT. On Sunday night last a .negro named Tom ttckus was waylaid and assaulted by a party ' negroes in the public road near the residence , ' Mr. C. Scott "\Vilson, who lives two miles ( mth of Brattonville, on the road leading from orkvillo to Chester. Backus was felled by blow with' a rock which fractured the frontal ine. Ho was otherwise severely beaten about ,e head and face with clubs. Dr. W. M. Love as summoned to attend him, and by trephining , ised the skull, which had been crushed in, to lieve the pressure on the brain. He is still in j precarious condition, with little indication of , covering, He is a tenant of Mrs. Mary Wiliimson, who lives 1A mile east of Brattonville. t A negro named Hackett is known to be one of } e assailants, and he has not yet been arrested. , he supposition is that Backus was assaulted be- , use he had implicated the parties in a stealing ( se which was tried at a recent term of the | jurt. ( T BURGLARY AND LARCENY. On Thursday morning last, the store of Hern- < m Bros., on Main sreet, was burglariously < itered. The thief first tried to gain entrance j y a window on the south side of the house, but | iling in this, he boldly went to the end of the I .lilding fronting the street, and turning the bolt ' icuring the iron bar across the shutters until the 1 3ad of the key came downward and fell out. he rew the bolt, raised the window ana weni in. e secured a pair of boots, a ham and some to- ( icco, a quarter-bag of flour and a few dollars 1 i money, the greater amount of which was ! utilated coin contained in a pocket book. The j )ots taken were both for the same foot. , Before eight o'clock on the same morning a irky wearing new boots entered a store and ( lade a small purchase, tendering a mutilated >in. The salesman rejected it, whereupon an- . her and another, and, in fact, several coins, 1 bearing the tell-tale evidence of mutilation, ^ ere produced, and as Mr. Ilerndon had notied the merchants of the loss the identification the thief was an easy matter. He proved i bo Taylor Warren, who it is said, has only ,'cently finished a term in the North Carolina j 3nitentiary. A warrant was procured and on hursday night he was arrested. On a hearing i afore Trial Justice Bell, he admitted his guilt id told the place of secreting some of the stol i i articles. He surrendered his new boots, id the ham was found at the place indicated, I ,'creted in the woods about two miles east of j wn. He said he concealed the pocket book ; a place near Langham's branch, but as the I (arching party could not find it, orv Saturday 9 was taken out of jail and conducted the par- 1 r to the place, but instead of finding a pocketDok they found a key-hole saw. Of this inrument he denied all knowledge, but he 1 juldn't find the pocket-book. He is in jail [ vaiting trial. On Wednesday night some articles were , olen from a house on Riddle A Pegrain's lot, ( id the theft was traced to Warren ; and on the :nie night an ineffectual attempt was made to , iter Mr. Jenkins' store. SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION. 1 The Sunday-school Convention of the York j uptist Association met, according to previous Ijo'urnment, with the congregation of the York- , lie Baptist church, at 11 A. M. last Friday. < After religious exercises, in the absence of ] e President and Vice-President, the Convenrn was called to order by the Secretary, Felix J . Dover, who called for the reports from the < trious Sunday-schools, which were read and j unes of delegates enrolled as follows : ( Antioch?A. F. Johnson and P. D. Doyer. < Berca?Rev. G. M. Webb, A. F. Sharpe, J. B. ] lanton, A. M. Bridges. 5 Mount Paran?J. B. Blalock and T. B. Moore. Union?.J.ii. ivouu).i.n,juuvcj,il.i, . son, J. W. Fewell. 1 Yorkville?G. M. Lowranee, Sain M. Grist, J. ( Comer. Shiloh?J. 1'. Duncan, E. McSwain, .1. A. rayes. Knon?E. B. Price and L. A. Allen. Flint Hill?Rev. J. K. Fant and J. M. Blanki^bip. Rev. J. K. Fant was called to the chair as Pres- \ ent pro (cm., and as next in the order of busi- i >ss the following committees were appointed : t l)n religious exercises for this meeting?The t istor and deacons of Yorkville congregation, i On programme for the next meeting?Rev. J. j . Fant, A. F. Sharpe, J. B. Wood. t On time and place of next meeting?Rev. <J. . . Webb, S. N. Johnson, G. M. Lowrance. The President then announced the discussion , the queries selected for this meeting as the t ixt business in order. * The lirst query was read as follows: Im- , rtance of family worship, on which address- J were made by J. B. Wood, Rev. F. ('. Hick- I n, G. M. Webb and J. K. Fant. f The committee on religious exercises report- t as follows: Meet at 1(1 A. M.; adjourn at 2 M. Preaching to-night by Rev. G. M.Webb. ( turday night, discussion of the query?Growth ( grace. Sunday, 11 A. M., missionary sermon s r Rev. J. K. Fant. " ^ The convention then adjourned to meet on j r Jurday at 10 A. M. f?n iirUnir mnrninfr after the devotional ex- ] irises, conducted by Rev. J. K. l-'ant, the r mvention was called to order and the minutes j Friday wore read and approved. The second query for discussion at this meet- f g was then read as follows: Our duty to colle- , ute education. The first speaker was Rev. F. ? Hickson, who delivered an earnest and able " peal in favor of a higher education for minis- * rs and members of the churches, and especially ? o youth of the country, who are the future i >pe of our churches and government. He was i llowed bv Rev. J. K. Kant, O. M. Webb and , U. Wooif. The third query was then read as follows: hat proportion of our church membership * ilps to support the gospel, and how can we en- ' ;t the rest ? The discussion of the subject was I ( articipated in by Rev. J. K. Fant, Rev. F. C. < iickson, J. K. Wood, G. M. Lowrance, Rev. G. < Webb and Sam M. Grist. . The fourth subject was, Scriptural observance , f the Lord's day, which was discussed by Revs. 1 . K. Fant and F. C. Hickson. On motion, the remaining query was made the J pecial order at 7 P. M. j * The committee on religious exercises announc- ( il the following programme for Sunday: Sunlay-school mass meeting at 10 A. M., when the ' allowing speakers will address the meeting on ppropriatc subjects : A. F. Sharpe, Rev. G. M. j Vebb, Rev. F. C. Hickson. Thecommittee on timeand place of next meetng reported as follows: On Friday before the 1 ifth Sunday of .May, 18X7, at Catawba Church, j I bur miles south-east of Rock Ilill. The report vas adopted and the Convention adjourned until ! P. M. " | ( At the night session, after religious exercises, j < ondacted by Rev. J. K. Fant, the Convention I vas called to order. The President invited j ,,r ( \f T.\ I \eV. W. >Y l^UIIlCl, |fi?Lui ui Church, South, to a seat in the Convention, ,ml requested him to participate in the discusion of the subject then before the Convention, , 'iz. : Growth in grace. This question was ably ( liscussed by Rev. J. K. Fant, Rev. W. W. )aniel, Rev. <J. M. Webb and Rev. F. C. Hick- ] on. On motion it was decided to appropriate the iunday collection to the object of State misions. The Convention then adjourned until 10 A. M. Iunday. ! On Sunday morning the Convention assemiled ih Sunday-school mass meeting. Devoional exercises were conducted by Rev. F. ?. Hickson. Mr. Iiickson gave an interesting iccount of the growth and condition of Sunday ichools in Canton, China, illustrating the suhect^by singing and speaking in the Chinese anguage. At the close of Mr. Hickson's address, the lour for the missionary sermon was announced, ind without intermission the sermon was de- \ ivered by Rev. J. K. Fant from the first verse if the liith chapter of St. Paul's First Epistle toj .he Corinthians. A collection for State missions was then taken up, amounting to 82f>, which in addition to the imounts sent up from the Sunday-schools, aggregate Sfi!).(J7 for the quarter. The reports from the various Sunday-schools represent them all in a prosperous condition, ind the usual amounts were sent up by them for the various objects for which they contribute. CHURCH NOTICES. Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and" P. M. The sacrament of the Lord's Supper will he administered in connection with the svening service. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist.?Rev. F. C. Ilickson, Pastor. Services at Union next Sunday at 11A.M. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. Monthly consert of prayer to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Gfalloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector.?Sunlay-school at 3 P. M. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services at King's Mountain Chapsi next Sunday at 11 A. M. Correspondenre of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Fort Mill, January 31.?Old Father Time has counted off one-twelfth of the year, and not much has been done. This should remind us how short life is. The ' weather having moderated some the people are trying to do something towards making another crop. The blacksmiths' hammers are ringing pretty constantly, but they want cash or grub on the spot; the wheelwrights' mallets keep time with the cutting >f the chisel, while the saw plays a thorough bass in the chorus, and they, too, demand 2ash or grub. The merchants nearly all say, "No tick here," unable or afraid to adonrl Uiq /-ithor pallinar-'! are in the VaUCCj MUU liiv wwav.*. ;arae- bfcafT IIow the cash or grub system ?an work well in a community where there is neither cash nor grub, is a question that political economists may dispute about; but it will turn out like the sick man about whom thedoctors were disputing. Hedied, and all their science did him no good. While doctors dispute, what is to be done to ameliorate the hardness of the times? Df course these folks cannot work or sell their goods unless they get cash or grub, and the farmers can't farm without cash or ?rub; but where is the cash or grub to come from ? That is what we in the cut off wish to know. I don't hear much talk about corn, wheat, oats, hogs, sheep, cattle and other stock, but there is any amount of chin music on the subject of cotton. Some persou?I have forgotten who?said to his people: "Ye would be dupes, and dupes ye are." He must have had just such a set of neighbors as are strewn all over the South. We have followed this jack-with-a-lantern so long and have submitted to his fickle humors and whims and mockeries to such an extent that he is dubbed "King," and we tamely dow to his yoke. We would be dupes, and dupes we are. It is impossible for cotton to be a profitable crop unless the producer of it has stock, provender, victuals, and a good will to work all the year round. A man cannot afford to pay credit prices for everything used on the farm and then sell cotton at eight cents per pound. Besides, it is utter folly for a farmer to buy from the merchant those very necessities which in the nature of things he is expected to sell to the merchant. All other people look to the farmers for food, according to the nature of their situations; but now that is changed with us, and the farmer looks to the rher chant for supplies. If our people would raise their own supplies, ana a little to spare, it would not be long until the cash or grub system would prevail, and we would have better times. Then, too much of the crop is spent for labor for man and' beast and their support. If fewer acres were cultivated and improved, larger crops would be made with less expense. But it seems the people will not i refuse to be duped. There is no news here except that Mr. II. D. Springs received by express the other Jay, from Maryland, a tine ram a little over i year old, and weighing over three hunired pounds. He is a fine specimen of the Oxford Down breed. Mr.Springsand Bownan Merritt will soon have a flock of fine ( iheep, judging from this one's appearance. . By the way, please keep us posted as to ;he time when the next county primary ,'omes off. We don't want to miss it. , Axon*. ( Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' LETTER FROM CHESTER. j Chester, Jannary 31.?Marcus Hey man, .vhite, and Butler Wilson, colored, became ' nvolved in a difficulty on last Monday af- : ,ernoon, which resulted in the shooting of 1 he latter by the former. Money, which i s said to be the "root of all evil," was the oot of this unfortunate affair. Wilson 1 >wed Mr. Heyman a small amount and 1 vhen payment was asked he became en aged and gave expression to some insulting ftnoriiflce. which led Mr. Hevman to re- I aliate by firing a bullet in his back above ( he hip. The wound isn't considered dan- ( jerous, though the ball still finds a resting < dace iu Wilson's body. Mr. Ileyinan has [ ' riven bond for his appearance at the next 1 erm of the Sessions Court. 1 The late meeting at the Presbyterian I :hurch resulted in a considerable increase [ ' >f membership. Among the number were !; iome of our young business men. Preach- j ng continued during last week. Rev. Mr. < Thorn well assisied the pastor. Our people \\ ,vere highly pleased with him. One of our prominent railroad men, who i i ittended the late meeting at Greenwood, < ells me that the proposed railroad from , j Vtlanta to Union, via Abbeville and Ches- J :er, will be an accomplished fact before a < jreat while. He is my authority for the itatement that grading on the line between * Chester and Union will begin in April, | ] md that this portion of the road will be ( ailed, equipped and in running order by ( lextFall?in time for the movement of the \ :oming crop. ( Mr. J. T. Gladden, an enterprising farm- J ^ ;r of the McConnellsville neighborhood, ' 1 .old a bale of "Allen's improved" cotton, ( >no day last week, to Major T. 8. Mills at < f f ileven cents per pound. The cultivation of ;his variety of cotton gave him no more ;rouble, and the yield per acre was as great is that of the ordinary cotton. Dave Greene, colored, who was wounded in the late accident on the Cheraw and Chester Railroad, is slowly recovering. Cireene Lilly, the colored brakeman who was killed, lived at this place. His body was brought here for interment. Henry Dix, the engineer, sustained a slight injury in jumping from the engine, but he was able to continue at work. He cannot iccount for the train leaving the track before running on the trestle, which gave' way. Farmers complain of injury to the oat 2rop by the late freezing weather. They will be compelled to re-sow next month. m. Correspondence of the, Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, January 31.?Our farmers are very despondent over the poor prospect of the small grain crop, most of which will have to be planted over, it having been killed by the late freeze. In conversation with a large farmer last week, he informed me that he has one hundred acres, planted in oats last fall, which will have to be planted again this Spring. It is generally believed now that the person who tired the shot in the window of Mr. Button's residence did it through carelessness. In fact, a reliable gentleman in our town says he heard a shot in a yardaboutone hundred yards from Mr Button's residence, the same night and about the same hour. Injustice to Mr. Riles, I will say that he has the sworn statements of a number of the citizens of Statesville, N. C., that he was in that town on the night of the shooting. On last Wednesday night, some person set fire to the barn and stable of Mr. J. T. Thomasson who lives just on the outer edge of town. Brush and broom straw were piled up at the corner of the building and lire set to it; but fortunately for Mr. Thomasson, his barn was built of gum lumber and it failed to ignite. Mr. Thomasson was recently the constable of Trial Justice Fewell. Jake Neil, an old colored man in the employ of Mr. A. I). Holler, had the misfortune of having his leg broken on Wednesday last. lie was driving a mule to a wagon down Hampton street, when the mule became frightened, ran away and threw Jake from the wagon with the above result. Mr. William Whyte has received his commission as trial justice for Catawba township, and is now ready to serve any one in need of law. Cotton receipts for Rock Hill the past week, 163 bales; price, 8j for middling. The same wagons that bring in the cotton return home laden with Western bacon, corn and flour. The measles epidemic is subsiding. There are very few new cases reported. Eight members of Mr. W. H. Edwards' family, in Ebenezer township, are down with the complaint. Hal. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The oat crop in Laurens has been slightly injured by the cold. ? Mr. Cal. Reeves, of Lancaster county, has killed 160 partridges this year. ? In several counties candidates are already mentioned for the county offices in 1888. ? Rabbits are said to be more numerous in Anderson county than ever before known. number of farmers of Lancaster coun^yfrre buying corn for the first time since the war. ? Fifteen applicants, including two ladies, -were examined by the Civil Service Commission at Columbia on Thursday last. ? On January 4, 1887, the deposits in the Winnsboro National Bank on hand subject to check amounted to $85,000. On the same date in 1886, they were $57,000. ? One year ago Col. A. F. Cheatham, of Edgefield, bought a brick store for $1,000, and now that it is settled that Edgefield is soon to have a railroad, he has sold it for $1,700. ? The Shelby New Era learns that L. 31. Campbell, of Scrantnn, Pa., has purchased of R. R. Darwin, of Black's, the Flint Hill mine, situated in Union county, and sold " the same to a New York company. ? 3Irs. Mary J. Davis, of Union county, near Wilkinsville, died on the 24th ultimo at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Whisonant, in her 68th year. Her maiden name was Ounning, and she was horn in Chester county. ? Says the Spartan burg Spartan: Last season there were 17,500 bales of cotton sold in our market. The receipts this season fall short of that number 6,500 bales. Nearly as much cotton was sold at Clinton and Glendale as was sold here. ? On the 2Gth ultimo, while the freight train from Chester, S. C., was crossing Cove creek trestle, two miles from Lancaster, the trestle gave way and six cars were precipitated into the creek, completely wrecking them. Green Lilly,, a colored brakeman, was killed, and David Greene, another colored brakeman, was injured. The State Itailroad Commission is investigating the cause of the accident. ? The board of county commissioners of Kershaw met in Camden last Friday and considered the petition presented them at their last meeting, asking that an election be held in DeKalb township, to decide whether or not said township will vote a subscription of forty thousand dollars to the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad. A sufficient number of free holders in the township having signed the petition, the election was ordered to be held on the third day of March. ? H. F. Evins, an old printer, died at Spartanburg last Thursday. He was about seventy-three years old. lie came to Spartanburg about 18">4, and has worked under every editor in the Spartan office up to 1878, when he quit the case. He was born in New Hampshire, and was a neighbor of Franklin Fierce, when they were boys. "Old l)ad," as the boys about the office have called him for the last thirty years, was a typical printer of the old style. He was always faithful to his case and the interests of this paper, and week after week he watched every issue of the Spartan with as much care as if the fate of the country depended on it. While he was able he visited the office several times a week, and was always on hand on publication day. He was kindhearted, generous and just to all. * J Ft? rjftHtU i' uit r nuitAix jiui otx nsiuf,, Mention was recently made in the Observer of the death of Mr. E. C. Kuykendall, at Matthews, one of Mecklenburg's old and respected citizens. In getting his papers together a few days ago the will of the deceased and the only one known to be in existence, was found. It was written in the year 1854, and by its provisions the wife of Mr. Kuykendal was to receive his entire estate. Among other property given to Mrs. Kuykendal was a negro, and as it would be impossible to execute its provisions, the document, which was taken to the Clerk of the Superior Court day before yesterday, was set aside by that officer. Mr. Morrow, the clerk of our Superior Court, was going to school to Mr. Kuykendall only a lew days before the date of the will.?Charlotte Observer, 7Thursday. Coxo ressmax Ai kex.?A Wash i ngton dispatch of Saturday says : A letter received from the home of Representative Aiken, M South Carolina, reports his condition as most discouraging. In December, 1884, he fell and injured himself, bruising some of the small nerves of his back. The injury was aggravated by a similar accident, wnicn oeieu mm in tmscity, on February 22d, 1885. He took to his bed in March, *1885, and has been confined there ?ver since, the nerves having become inflamed and enlarged, causing intense suffering. He was treated for some time for sciatica, but got little relief. His doctors, in a consultation recently held, decided that he is also suffering from malignant humor. Hut little hope is entertained for his recovery. The North Carolina Knights.?The N'orth Carolina State Assembly of Knights >f Labor, in session at ltaleigh last Tliurslay, unanimously adopted resolutions regarding the passage by Congress of the educational bill, known as the Blair bill, as of vital importance to the laboring classes of ;he South. The State Assembly is composed of representatives from eighty local assemblies, composed of 25,000 Knights.