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f traps and Jfatte. ? There seems to be no reason to doubt that Senator Sherman is an active candidate for President and that he is planning to capture the vote of the Solid South in order to secure the nomination. His proposed Southern tour anil his speech to be delivered at Nashville are but tne beginning of an aggj^essive campaign. Scjpseph O'Brien, of Cleveland, says that ke once examined a swallow's nest, in /which were two young birds. Around the leg of one of them a horsehai r had been closely wound. Mr. O'Brien removed the hair and found that the leg had been broken. He thinks that this was a genuine case of bird surgery. ? Willie Lamb, a thirteen-year old Kentucky boy, found that a big rock had tallen on the railroad track in a narrow cut near Scottsburg. He waited an hour and. then flagged and stopped a coming passenger train. The passengers made up a purse for him. ,4I didn't expect nothing." said Willie, "I just didn't like to see "the train busted up." s4?Six miles from Mackinaw, 111., is a bit hi ground about eighty feet square that is 'always so warm that snow melts as soon as it tails upon it. It is said that when the earth there is disturbed it flashes like burning powder, and that a peculiar gas comes up from the ground, which so far has shattered every vessel in which an effort has has been made to confine it. ? Senator Joe Brown, ot Georia, has just sold his two blast furnaces, one of which is in Chattanooga and the other at Bising Fawn, twenty miles distant, and the Dade Mines, to a syndicate of Georgia capitalists for, $2,000,000. The syndicate is known as the Bartow Coal, Iron and Land Company, which recently purchased 59,000 acres of land near Cartersville, Georgia. ? Indianola, Texas, which was a prosperous town of 3,000 people and the terminus of the Western Texas and Pacific nanroaa, is to be abandoned. It has been scourged by cyclone, flood and fire and the railroad company having removed its depot to Port Lavacsa, ten miles north, the court house, business houses and the residences of Indianola are being torn down for removal. The town will soon be entirely deserted. ? Some idea of the manner in which the Forty-ninth Congress wound up its work may be found in the declaration of a member of long experience, that the record re, vealed the fact that one quarter of the legis* lation of the session bad been enacted in the last few legislative days. An enrolling clerk of twelve years' expedience, said that never in that length of time had he witnessed the haste exhibited in the last twenty-four hours of the Congress which has just expired. ? Gen. J. J. Ffnley, of Ocala, Fla., has been appointed by Governor Perry United States Senator to succeed the Hon. Charles W. Jones, whose term expired on March 4. General Finley is a lawyer by profession, served with distinction in the Confederate army, has been a member of the Supreme Court of Florida, and was three times a candidate for Congress, being elected once and defeated twice by Colonel Bisbee, Republican. ? One-quarter of the live stock of the United States is owned and fed in the South. The South has$600,000,000 invested in milch cows,* oxen, other cattle, sheep, hogs, horses and mules. The South owns one-third of the milch cows, oxen, other cattle and hogs { of the country, or fully her proportion according to population. One-quarter of the sheep of the country are kept in the South, when ten years ago the proportion was only one-seventh. The negroes own very little live stock. ; ? The death roll of the last Congress was \ an extrordinary one, comprising the unprecedented number of thirteen names in the House and Senate. Among these are Vice President Hendricks, president of the Senate, Senators Miller, of California, Pike, of New Hampshire, Logan, of Illinois, and Representatives Hahn, of Louisiana, Ar I not, Beach and Dowdney, >f JNew lora, Price, of Wisconsin, Cole, of Maryland, Ellwood,of Illinois, Duncan, of Pennsylva{lia, and Bankin, of Wisconsin. Winona dispatch of Thursday says: The superintendent of the Winona and St. Peter Bailroad states that between Mankato and Tracy, the snow drifts are in many [ cases six feet above the telegraph poles, and ' that the linemen have had to splice scanti lings to the tops of the poles to get the wires up where they coufa be used. He says many of the drifts are twenty-five feet [ deep and packed so hard that the company dares not attempt to send a snow plow I through them. One thousand men are now ! Vt work shoveling snow between Mankato and Tracy, and the line will not be cleared for several davs. ? The bill for the relief of Confederate solj diers and their wives, which has passed both houses of the Alabama Legislature, contains the following provisions: 1. Appro[ priates $30,000. 2. Includes all disabled [ soldiers now citizens of Alabama; also [ widows of soldiers who died during the t war or within twelve months after the close of the war, and who have never married.. 3. Does not apply to soldiers and widows who are worth $1,000 or more. 5. Fifteen hundred dollars to be paid blind soldiers who lost their sight during the war. ^Aloe Blackburn, Senator from Kentucky, /vasonce second in a duel, and First Assist'ant Postmaster General Stevenson was the other second. Stevenson placed his man with his back to the sun. Blackburn saw the disadvantage of'his principal and began to do a talk for some other arrangement. He went into the history of duelling, citing cases and giving statistics, explained the courtesy of the code and argued every , point of honor with such force and continuance that when they finally got ready to fignt tne sun nan gone uuwn niiu it whs no dark that the men couldn't see each other at ten paces. The duel didn't come off. ? The certificate of incorporation of the New York and Southern Telegraph Co., has been filed. It states that its capital is one million, divided into shares of $100 each, with the privilege of increasing the stock to five millions. The company's wires are to run from New York to Phila" delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah and New Orleans and to all intermediate points. The following is a list of the officers: President, John S. Wise, of Richmond, Va.; VicePresident, James B. Pace,, of Richmond; Treasurer, John T. Moore, of New York. ? The test of a new telephone was made in the office of Mr. George Westinghouse, in Pittsburg, by Mr. Lowth, the inventor. The instrument may not inappropriately be termed a dumb telephone, as it has no transmitter, properly speaking, the conversation being carried on by means of the receiver alone. Attached to the receiving tube, which is shaped somewhat different from those now in use, is a single wire, to < the end of which is a sensitive little appliance which presses against the larynx and glands of the neck, and as the jaws are moved in conversation the motion sends the words spoken along the wire as distinctly as the telephone now in use, and it is claimed even more distinctly. There is l no necessity for yelling at the man on the other end of the line, and no use for it, as as there is no receiver to shout into, and, as will be seen by the above description of the contrivance, the sound and words are conhv thp crpntlpst motion of the iaws. VV4 "J r? The operation of the new telephone is said to be wonderful in the extreme, and all who saw it expressed their astonishment. ? James Monroe Trotter, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate as Recorder of Deeds in the District of Columbia, in place of Matthews, who was twice rejected by the Senate, is a colored citizen of Massachusetts and is in the fortyeighth year of his age. His early childhood was spent in the State of Ohio. For the past thirty-five years he has resided in Massachusetts, where prior to the war he was a teacher. Soon after the breaking out of the Confederate war, he enlisted as a private in the ooth Masschussetts Regiment of colored troops and was promoted for acts of bravery on the battle field, until he became a lieutenant. Upon his return to civil life he was appointed and filled for 18 years the position of assistant superintendent of the registered letter department in the Boston post office. From this position he was retired in 1884, on account, it is said, of his independence in politics and his avowed purpose of supporting Cleveland. 1 Hiring t ; the campaign of 1884, he was appointed one of the secretaries of the "committee of one hundred" of Boston, and was active in the support of the nominees of the Democratic party. It is stated that he was strongly recommended by the citizens and pi^ss of Hyde Park, Massachusetts, where he resides, for the position of postmaster of that place, and he is said to be regarded by those who know him as a man of high character and ability. lie is the author of a volume entitled "Music and Musical People of the Colored Race." ihr Ijarfeville inquirer. YORKVILLE. S. C.V^/ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9/*887. THE TOBACCO EXPERIMENT. Perhaps the best thing that has happened for some time as affecting the material prosperity of South Carolina, was the ruthless, though we doubt not impartial, condemnation of the tobacco amples passed upon by an expert, in Columbia, last week. As will be remembered, the State Department of Agriculture la3tyear distributed a quantity of tobacco seed among the farmers of the State with the view of testing the growth of that crop, and the Legislature of 1885 passed an Act appropriating $1,800 for the purpose of .having the experiments made in the various counties. The Agricultural Department also offered a premium of $100 for the best sample produced. Thirty-seven samples were sent in for examination, and they all passed under the crucial inspection of E. M. Pace, a tobacco expert, of Danville, Va. He classes the samples as very poor, and discourages the raising of tobacco in South Carolina. He says it will not pay to raise the commoner qualities in this State, and of the thirtyseven samples he said that twenty-one would not pay the freight to ship to market. The prize of $100 was awarded to F. M. Rogers, Jr., of Florence. Of the sample from York, submitted by Dr. E. T. Avery, of Ebenezer, he said: "Orinoco; good seed and susceptible of good leaf and color, but must have missed the mark after cutting. Is badly assorted ; color only fair; body good." This is better than the average of the counties, and it would seem that Dr. Avery's failure was after the work of raising the crop, and just here is where the trouble comes in. It requires from twelve to fifteen months to produce and market a crop of tobacco, with the risk of losing the entire crop by bad or unskillful handling after cutting. Growing the crop is attended with much care and labor, and yet the anxiety begins only when the crop is matured. If our farmers will persist in raising a crop to exchange for food we advise them to stick to cotton. It can be much more easily raised and gathered and marketed than tobacco, and in about haK the time required for producing and marketing a crop of tobacco. Notwithstanding the damper cast upon these experiments by Mr. Pace, we are not ready to believe that our soil and climate are not susceptible of much better results than attended the attempt last year. The failures were owing more to inexperience and lack of practical knowledge in handling the crop tUnn t/. nnfn.ul no 111:00 Thqt. fllO ?nil linfl tuau iu uatuiai ahmv v??v w.? climate of the Piedmont section of the State would produce as fine tobacco as Virginia or North Carolina, we firmly believe; though we have always doubted the expediency of our farmers devoting their attention to the crop. THE INTER-STATE LAW. The passenger agents and railroad managers, who met in New York last week for the purpose of discussing the provisions of the inter-State commerce bill, have arrived at an understanding and have prepared a report embodying their views. The purpose was to construe uniformly, and this has been done. The report has been accepted by thejoint commission and adopted. There will be practically no change in immigrant rates and no change of the percentage allowed to steamship companies. Regarding mileage rates there will be no discrimination except as to ministers, as stated in the new bill. Theatrical companies and shows of all kinds will l?e obliged to pay full rates. Excursion rates will remain about the same, except as to the long journeys. The most important change will be as to secondclass rates, which will be made uniform throughout. This will result in a marked increase. The railroad conference have also given out the following as further results of their deliberations: The executive committee adopted the following resolutions to regulate freight rates, one of wh'ich is intended to carry out the prohibition contained in the long and short haul section of the Inter-State commerce law. The new through freight rates will begin on the following basis: i iv... .1 -- /?. X1 irst ciuss, 10 v;eui? , swwuu *? # cents; third class, 50 ceuts; fourth class, 35 cents; fifth class, 30 cents; sixth class, 25 i cents. The rates are the sauie for east I bound and west bound business. Railroad men seem to agree that under the new | rates the companies will be in a better po| sition to make money than ever before. Practically rates have advanced, and as under the new law there can be no shading to customers or other concessions, the railroads cannot fail to derive the benefit from the new legislatson. One important result of the new classification is the placing of grain and provisions in classes which reduce the rate on April 1, five cents per 100 pounds to the basis of twenty-five cents on grain from Chicago to New York and thirty cents on provisions. The cutting of east bound freight rates at the West is general and extensive, : and the Chesapeake and Ohio line is ac; cused of making rates to Newport News i less than 20 cents on grain. The other j lines to the Atlantic seaboard, it is said, are making rates far below the existing j tarilf, and at an informal discussion of the subject it was agreed that nothing could be | done to correct the situation with the April j reduction pending before shippers. It was I then the general sentiment that the execu: tion of the law would have to be the means of reforming the cutting. I Railroad Notes.?The Charleston, CinI cinnati and Chicago Railroad have received twenty-eight car loads of steel rails, and exi pect to reach Rutherfordton in a few days, i They have leased another engine from the Atlanta Air Line, and have now two enj gines and freight cars. The outlook for this road is encouraging. The Carolina Central having completed the road to Rutherforton, which now rei joices in two railroads, Col. Moncure has deJ parted for another road, leading from Monroe, N. C., to Atlanta, Cla. So the Carolina ! Central halts on this western extension and ! devotes its attention and money to a through i southern line of more importance. Col. j Moncure has supervision over the engineer corps to survey this route through sections ! that will vote one million dollars for this J extension to Atlanta. 80 railroad opera| tions in Kutherford will cease for this year I as the two rival lines are busy in South Carolina.?Shelby Aurora. j Henry Ward Beecher was stricken ! with paralysis on Saturday and his condition is considered hopeless. AN INTERVIEW WITH NEELY. After the transfer of J. H. Neely from the jail of Chester to that of liichland, a reporter for the Columbia Register called on him in the Columbia, jail for the purpose of giving him an opportunity to make any statement of his side of the case that he might see proper to give for publication. The Register of Friday contains the following as the result of the interview: Pausing at the iron grating which closes the passage leading to the cells, the jailor called out, "Mr. Neely." In response to the call, the person addressed came out of the third cell from the door and came forward to the door-way, while his fellow prisoners clustered at respectful distance to learn the object of the visitation. The person against whom this grave charge is brought is certainly one of the " unrvAOHQn/iQ /~v ClinPnfDuf OT1V I lift I 111 JJClSUllai U[lpcilinilkU iw auggvuv ? >,; thing of the kind. Of spare build and more than ordinary height, his head reached almost to the top of the grating. He has a pleasant face, partly covered by heavy black side Whiskers, streaked with gray, and a pair of dark gray eyes, that are able to look one straight in the face. He was neatly clad in a business suit, and, but for tumbled hair and a slight paleness, showed no outward signs of the perilous position in which he finds himself placed. The reporter being introduced, stated the reason of his visit not to be the gratification of idle curiosity, but the affording of an opportunity to the prisoner, if he saw fit, to have published some statements of his side of the case. He expressed his appreciation of the offer, and appeared glad to see the reporter, but stated that his counsel had instructed him "not to talk." He did, however, enter into conversation with the neWspaper man, occasionally checking himself in the middle of a sentence, when his lawyer's injunction would recur to his mind, with the remark, "Well, I am talking too much." He said that he was innocent of the charge brought against him, and that the matter was "a put up job." "I shall get out of this," he said, "when the trial comes. I can produce plenty of proof. I can tell some things which will throw light on the anair." "I shall get out of here," he repeated, and added with deep feeling, "but I think of my children. I have six little children of my own?two little girls. Imagine a man?a white man?brought up, not like a dog or a brute, but like a decent man? beingguiltyofsuch a crime. Why, I always liked children, and they liked me," and he spoke of several families, and one in particular, where he often visited, and the children would climb over him and always welcome his coming. "I shall get out," he said again, "but I think of what my children may have to meet with when their playmates,*in a fit of childish anger, can turn upon them and say: 4Yes, your father was put in jail once for ruining his own little niece,' " and the speaker's voice faltered and his features worked. "As long as I live I can protect them from insult, but in years to come after I am gone?I shall be 38 next August?it makes me feel terribly to think what they may have to endure." "Why," he said again referring to the inconsistency ofhiseommittingsuchacrime as charged, "the child is only a little thing? won't weigh thirty pounds. The idea of my doing anything to harm her." In further conversation he stated that the proceedings at the preliminary hearing were a surprise to him. 'I didn't know anything about law," he said, "and supposed I could question the witnesses and have my family physician brought up to see the child, but it seemed it couldn't be so. Only one side was presented." He said that one of the physicians had stated at the hearing that the child's condition might he the result of other things ft" o uort nlf IT n 001VI nnn fhinw fho Li 1 rvii mi nar>auiit xiy ouiu vtiv vmu^ ,v*iw truth had been told about. He was perfectly sober that morning. It was not true that he had hurried off from the house and acted anxious to get out of the village. He was two hours there about his business, trying to trade horses, and only left when he had to go to see a man he heard might trade. He expressed the wish that he had never been brought away from Chester. He was not afraid to stay there. "Lynch me," he said incredulously, "they never would have lynched me in Chester more than they would you." He said he had done some things in his life that he ought not to have done, as others have, but the idea of anything like what he was charged with never had entered his mind. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS. The 49th Congress, which ended its existence at noon last Friday, has offered a striking illustration of the constant increase in the volume of legislation demanding the attention of Congress, which has been going on for the last three or more Congresses. More bills were introduced in both houses, more committee reports made, more bills passed, more became laws, and more were vetoed than ever before. Most of these measures were comparatively unimportant, such as bills granting private pensions and special relief, authorizing the erection of bridges, granting the right of way and the like. But many, not only of the bills and reports presented, but of the laws enacted, were of general interest and importance. A number of bills enacted into laws were old and familiar claimants for legislative favor. In this category belong the Presidential succession bill, the electoral count bill, the Inter-State commerce bill, and the bill for the relief of Fitz-John Porter. The 49th Congress commenced its session on December 4, 188"), and was in session until August 5, when it adjourned until December (!, when it met again and continued in session until its close last Friday, covering a total period of ten months and < .......4., v fKio fuvin fKo Qnnofn tWCIJl^-SIA UflJO. V/A bllio tlliiv UVIIMVV was in session 224 days and the J louse 251 days. There were introduced in the House during this time 11,258 bills and 2G3 joint resolutions, on which over five thousand reports were made, being several thousand more bills and a thousand more reports than were made in the48th Congress, which had, in its time beaten the record. In the Senate there were introduced 3,357 bills and 118 joint resolutions, on which 1,988 written reports were made, being upward of five hundred more bills and over four hundred more reports than were made in the record-breakiug 48th Congress. The total number of laws enacted were (approximately) 1,431, of which 1,093 originated in the House and 338 in the Senate?284 of these became laws by the expiration of the constitutional ten days' limitation. Fifty bills failed to become laws owing to the ajournment of Congress, nine of them at the close of the first session. There were 132 bills vetoed by the President, or 21 more instances of the excerci&e of the Presidential prerogative of veto than had occurred from the'foundation of the Government down to the beginning of this Congress. Of the vetoed bills 93 originated in the House and 39 in the Senate. But one private bill, that granting a pension to Joseph Romiser, and one public bill, that providing for the erection of a Government building at Dayton, Ohio, succeeded in passing through both houses over the President's veto, although several others obtainm\ tlio rnrmieitn turn.thirds vntp in thp SpTI V.V4 V..V iVVJU^.VV w...* ate only to fail in the House. The features of the closing hours of the 4!)th Congress are conspicuously noteworthy. While more than the usual degree of asperity was developed by the clash of opposing interests during the protracted and wearying session of the past few days, the general deportment of the members of both houses and of the throngs which came to witness the proceedings was never more exemplary or orderly. On the other hand, never since Congress had an existence has there been such uncertainty, such hurly burly, such general disregard of parliamentary safeguards in the transaction of important business as characterized the proceedings of Thursday, Thursday night and Friday. In the nature of things the confusion has been more apparent in and about the Senate chamber than at the other end of the Capitol, for it was the Senate which was called upon to perform half the session's work in a short time. The following is a list of the more important House bills which have become laws: To forfeit the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad land grant. To increase the pension of widows and dependent relatives from ?8 to ?12 per month. To amend the Thurman Act. It requires the Pacific railroads to pay the costs of surveying and conveying their land grants, and subject! tho land to taxation so soon as the companies art entitled to them, notwithstanding the fact thai they may delay selection. | To increase the naval establishment, j To pension Mexican war veterans. Tho oleomargarine bill. Declaring forfeited, certain grants of lani made to States to aid in tho construction of rail roads. The lands affected are in Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana. For the construction of a Congressional libra ry building. To forfeit tho New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg railroad (backbone) land grant. To reduce fees on domestic money orders foi sums less than ?5. To reimburse the National Soldiers" Home foi money lost through tho Norfolk Exchange Na fiAnnl TlnnV To provide for closing up the business of tin Court of Alabama claims. To establish additional life-saving stations. For the construction of additional light-houses Extending the free delivery system. To provide for the appointment and compen sation of a District Judge for the Southern dis triot of Alabama. To amend the Statutes so as to require breweri to give bonds for three times their estimate! monthly tax. For the allowance of "4th of July" claims ffc ported by accounting officers of the treasury department?(one bill for each of the two ses sions.) To authorize the terms of United States Court! to be hold at Wilmington, N. C. To authorize the delivery to their owners o valuable boxes deposited,in the treasury by th< secretary of war. ; ^ ? For the issue of postal notes not in sums less than $o. To provide for the inspection of tobacco, cigar: and snuff", and to repeal Section 3,171 of the Ke vised Statutes. To prohibit Government employees from hir in? or contracting out tho labor of United State: prisoners. To amend the Dutiable Goods act so as to allov merchandise to be transported in bond on pas senger trains in safes, pouches and trunks, am in parcels. To amend tho Act prohibiting the importatioi and immigration of foreigners under labor con tracts. Fixing a close season for mackerel fishing. To restrict the ownership of real estate in tin Territories to American citizens. For the erection of a public building a Charleston. The most important House bill of a pri vate character that became law was th< Fitz-John Porter bill. Forty House joint resolutions becanx laws, the principle ones being as follows : Directing the commissioners of labor to mak an investigation as to convict labor. To authorize the President to protect Ameri can fishing and trading vessels and Americai fishermen in Canadian waters. Authorizing the investigation of the books, Ac. of the Pacific Railroad Companies. Of the total number of bills which passet the Senate 320 became laws, including 1L public and 205 of a strictly private nature The following is alistofthe more importan Senate bills placed on the statute books the present Congress: The Presidential succession bill. Cullom-Reagan bill to regulate Inter-Stat commerce. For the retirement and recoinage of the trad dollar. Electoral count bill. For the allotment of lands in severalty to In dians. To repeal the Tenure-of-ofHce Act. To increase the annual appropriation for tli militia. To establish agricultural experiment stations For the study of the effects of narcotics and in toxicants in public schools. To legalize the incorporation of trades unions Authorize the transmission of weather report through the mails free of postage. To indemnify the Chinese for losses sustainei by the Rock Springs, Wyoming, riots. For the erection of a military telegraph lin between San ford and Point Jupiter, Florida. To make Tampa, Florida, a port of entry. To provide for the execution of Article 2 o the Chinese treaty of November 17, 1880. I prohibits the importation of opium into eithe country by citizens of the other. For the erection of public buildings as follows Augusta, Ga.; Huntsville, Ala.; Jacksonville Florida. The most noteworthyof the private Sen ate bills which became laws were: To remove the political disability of Alex. R Lawton, of Georgia. Granting the franking privilege to and pen sioning Mrs. Grant. Of the foregoing measures seven becam< laws by the expiration of the constitutiona ten days' limitation, viz., the Mormon po lygamy bill, the trade dollar redemptior bill, the militia bill and four private bills. TheSenatebills vetoed were 39 in number 11 being of a public and 28 of a private char acter. The 93 House bills vetoed incluc n-f U!llrt ??/ ! f? KJllo r\f r\nKli/? nofnm ?/ pilVUlU UI119 11U11 U UlllO Via puuuu uuvuiv Of the 1,093 House bills which became law: 275 were more or less of a public nature; o the remainder, granting pensions or relie to specially designated persons, 15G became laws without the approval of the President Fifty bills, in addition to those which be came laws and those vetoed, were sent tc the President, but were "pocketed" by liinc on the adjournment of Congress and there fore failed of enactment. Nearly a dozer bills, relating to the same subjects, wen passed by both houses, but failed because of differences between the two houses: The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill and tin bill to repeal the pre-emption or homestead timber culture and desert land laws were in con ference for a long while, but the ditlerence: proved irreconcilable. The bill to tax fraction al parts of a gallon of spirits was killed by tb< inability of its friends to send it to a conferenc< committee. About 150 bills and joint resolutions whicf Sassed the House failed of action in the enate, some of which, however, were de feated by adverse committee reports. About 750 bills passed by the Senate fail ed of passage in the House. The Blair educational bill, after passing the Senate, was buffeted about from one committee to another in the House and was never allowed to come before the House for action, although its friends claimed i decided majority in its favor on a test vote The navy and fortification bills failed foi want of prompt action by the committees The Harrison bill for the division o Dakota and the admission of the lowei half as a State was passed by a party vote in the Senate, but was adversely reported from the committee in the House. A sub stitute in the nature of an enabling Act foi the whole Territory was reported, but il still slumbers on the overburdened house Calendar. The joint resolution to change the inau^ guration day from March 4th to April 30th was favorably reported, but left unacted upon. The Morrison and other tariff hills, and varioils hills on the silver question failed of action o; an affirmative nature. Bills to repeal the civil service law and tc grant woman'suffrage were killed in tlie iioust by adverse committee reports, and in the Sonat< by adverse test votes. A resolution favoring open executive sessions was defeated in the Senate. The Edmunds resolution calling for papers regarding appointments was adopted by the Senate. Resolutions to carry the Mexican treaty intc effect and to abrogate the I lawaiian treaty are alst to be voted among the failures of the 4Hth Congress, the former being killed by the adverse committee report and the latter failing to secure an audience. The postal telegraph bill and the international copyright bill also failed. The last measure presented for the President's approval was the Beaufort county S. C., school farm bill, which passed the Senate at an early hour on the morning o; ajournment. Through a mistake on the part of a messenger the bill was mislaid after it had been passed upon by the enrolling committee, and consequently the Senate had been declared adjourned two 01 three minutes before representative Dibble found the missing document and laid it before the President. Indeed the entire South Carolina delegation, but Senators Hampton and Butler and Messrs. Dibble and Hemphill, in particular, deserve credit for the energy they displayed ir putting the bill through. Had it not beer that they closely followed it through the : ? +V,n "Procirlont it. wnulrl va.nuUS up tu H1\^ x .V ., have failed to secure his approval. ? A letter of the 3rd instant from Camden to the Columbia Register says: "The meeting in the interest of the Chester and Camdem Short Line Iiailroad, which was advertised to take place to day at Itabon't Cross Koads, eleven miles west of Camden, was a failure. Major Julius Mills was in the neighborhood. All the natives seem to favor the road, hut none turned out tc the meeting." / Coi-responilence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. JxtfA'.VL Hill, March 7.?A meeting of some r^of our citizens interested in a graded school for Rock Hill was held in the office of I Messrs. Wilson & Wilson on Wednesday afternoon last. Several plans were suggest5 ed by which to raise funds for erecting a ' suitable building and furnishing the same. J Perhaps the most feasible plan mentioned [ is to petition the next Legislature to allow the town to issue bonds for that purpose. A meeting of the citizens will soon be called and some definite action taken. Prof. Witherow, of the Winnsboro High School, 1 has been invited to be present at the next meeting and address the citizens. ' Joe Massey, Phil. Railey and Will Jordan, - all colored, were before U. S. Commissioner Pride on .Saturday, charged with intimidat uiK uiiitcu umtcg \v iiucsaus. 11 auuuio uiai .Joe Massey was tried at the last term of r the U. S. Circuit Court at Greenville for rer tailing whisky and acquitted. Calvin John. son, colored, of this place, was a witness in the case against Massey. The night after 3 the trial, when Calvin Johnson was on his way to the depot in Greenville, he says he was attacked by Massey, Bailey and Jordan ' and unmercifully beaten. Commissioner . Pride considered the evidence sufficient to - require them to give bond for their appearance at the next term of Greenville Court. * Jordan gave the necessary bond, but Massey 1 and Bailey failing, they were sent to the Yorkville jail this morning. ^-JPcfhaps the best paying institution in r our town, and the one about which the least is said, is the Savings Bank of Itock Hill, s the growth of which is phenomenal. This Bank was first organized and chartered as f the Young Men's Loan and Trust Company, 9 ,with D. Hutchison, President; N. P. Alexs ander, Vice-President; and J. M. Cherry, Secretary and Treasurer, its object being to s give the young men of the town an opportunity of putting aside some of their earnings by paying into the company an assessment of one dollar per share each month. The company commenced business with 228 shares at one dollar each, increasing their capital each month 8228 and the interest thereon. At the last session of the Legislature the name of the Company was changed to the "Savings Bank of Rock Hill," and the institution was authorized to do a general banking business, the capital e at that time being 814,136, and undivided profits 85,500. The bank then began to ret ceive deposits from one penny up, thereby giving every one an opportunity to lay * aside some of their earnings "for a rainy 3 day." At this time the Bank has loaned out over ?75,000, the amount paid in per 3 share being ?63, the book value of which is ?85, which price could readily be obtained 0 if any of the stock were placed on the mar. ket. With the exception of Mr. John R. 1 London, who is now Vice-President, the Bank is managed exclusively by young , men. Its growth and business management are certainly creditable to its officers and f board of directors. 3 The doctors say they are doing compara* tively nothing; that there is very little * sickness in country or town. f A little cotton is coming into town, but it is quite evident that there is very little more to be marketed. The price paid last week \Vas 9 cents for middling. e The decisions by the tobacco expert who recently passed upon the samples produced in the different counties, have given a black - eye to the touacco industry in this section. by telephone. 0 Hock Hill, March 8, G P. M.?The Episcopal church at this place has been tak;. ing an interest in the religious welfare of the - colored people. Among other work tending to their improvement, a missionary g school will be opened here next week. It will be taught by Mr. W. L. Mellichamp, 1 a competent white gentleman and native South Carolinian, under the general direce tion of the local vestry of the Episcopal church. Mr. Mellichamp and his family f are expected to arrive here this evening. t Mr. John F. O'Neal's dwelling, at this r place, was entered last night and a considerable quantity of meat stolen. This is the : second raid on O'Neal's property within . the last thirty days. He is now in search of the stolen meat, and would also like to I flnrl fKn 1JUU 111^ UU^lt The telephone line is now working ad' rairably, and the stockholders of the com. pany are pleased with the success of the enterprise. No stock in the company is ; now offering except at a premium. A 1 committee of the company is now in ses. sion for the purpose of adopting a scale of ! tariffs, which will be promulgated in due time. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1 LETTER FROM CHESTER. Chester, March 7.?Upon the petition of J, the majority of real estate owners, the [ county commissioners have ordered an elecf tion to be held in Chester township to vote - upon the question of subscribing to the capital stock of the Chester and Camden * Railroad Company. The amount of the > proposed subscription is $25,000. The elec1 tion will be held on April 5th, and will " doubtless result in favor of the subscrip1 tion. * An election for the same purpose will 3 be held in Baton Rouge and Rossville townships on April 2nd, and in Hazlewood town2 ship on April 9th. If the elections result I favorably for the railroad the amount of I subscriptions of the four townships will ag gregate $82,700. The people of Rossville 3 township may show by their votes their 3 opposition to aiding the railroad. It seems to be almost a certainty that the other 1 townships will vote in favor of the sub} scription. The following are the grand jurors for this county during the present year: John " Grant, Sr., E. E. Cornwell, A. J.Crosby, T. C. Ilafner, PI. It. Kee, W. T. Itobison, Sr., J. (}. Wilks, J. M. Woods, James \ Gayden, M. C. Stone, J. C. Burns, R. L. 1 Cunningham, Hay ward McDonald, A. M. } Tittman, T. P\ Clinton, L. T. Grant, H. 1 W. Miller, E. M. Simpson. mho fnllmvinfr !irp the netit iurors for the : approaching term of the Circuit Court: J. * M. Heath, F. A. Nunnery, 11. C. Steven[ son, W. C. Carroll, H. J. Millen, M. Wachtel, T. J. Cunningham, W. L. Walker, J. J. | Lewis, A. N. Grant, Jesse H. Hardin, J. 1 L. Agurs, Wm. Minter, Andrew Peden, ; M. II. Hunter, A. McDonald, J. W. Aiken, * J. P. Brunson, Saling Heyman, II. M. t Shannon, Josiah Jordan, Newman Hudson, - John Ford, J. A. Massey, A. Hardee, T. B. Woods, I. McD. Hood, Jr., J. M. Boul" ware, ltobert Sterling, W. W Stokes, J. C. ! Backstrom, J. C Hardin. There is one col1 ored man among the grand jurors and one colored man among the petit jurors, j. The lecture of Rev. F. C. Hickson, a returned missionary, and pastor of York> ville Baptist church, at this place last Tues3 day night, greatly pleased his audience. J He did not paint the Chinese in such dark colors as some do. In several respects they * bear a favorable comparison with many , people in this country. 3 The excitement in regard to the Neely affair has subsided. The chief actor in the ) drama has been taken to. Columbia and 1 I the people of our town are glad of it. " I A slight shock of earthquake was felt j ! here on last Friday morning at 2.20. This was sales-day; but few people were I | in town. One small tract of land and ! some mules were sold at low prices, m. Correspondenre of the Yorkville Enquirer. j.j LETTER FROM FORT MILL. ( 1 Fokt Mill, March 7.?Amid all the . j progress of tne age me cui-on is hul uxspun. i ed to be left in the rear. There is talk of ; J erecting here a cotton factory that will i; take up a bale of cotton at one point, as it .; comes from the gin, and turn it out atan[ ] other poiilt in the shape of beautiful cloths. . This would be a great boom for our village, . j and we don't care how soon it starts. A . 1 spoke and handle factory is also contem, ' plated. j i Messrs. Faulkner & Munn have erected t in the hitter's house a patent.heat fender . j and fruit dryer. This is a small closet-like [ i affair built around the stove for the purpose of retaining the heat and keep it from per! meating the whole room. The heat thus i confined escapes through a flue near the j stove-pipe. An upper division around the I flue.and pipe is made for fruit drying or | keeping anything warm. The article is > j said to be very satisfactory, and the gentle, i men above named are likely to enter into i ! the manufacture of them oil a liberal scale, i The wagons are rolling away corn anjl i guano to make a crop on. This is certainly I deplorable, and yet the farmers talk about cotton to the exclusion of other crops. Why don't they consider a good living first, and then the cotton ? Axon. mrre-mention. On Friday morning a band of over two hundred armed men appeared before the jail of San Marcos, Texas, and took therefrom a colored boy charged with assaulting a lady and hanged him to a tree. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has announced his intention to pardon all convicts in the penitentiary who are under fifteen years of age. A serious shooting affray occurred on Sunday of last week at Coronado, Wichita county, Kansas, between citizens of that town and of the town of Leoti, as to which place should be the county seat. Two persons were killed and several wounded. N. O. Shelnutt, of Jackson, Georgia, was hanged three times by a mob in January last, and still lives to tell the tale. lie says that it is a great mistake to think that death by hanging is painful. ''There is no pain about it," he says, "and a man can die mighty easy." In a suit brought by the Knights of Honor against Robert J. Breckenridge, of Louisville, Ivy., for S33,000, a deficit while he was treasurer of the order, the court gave a judgment against the defendant for $25,OOOy<?""No rains have fallen in Crawford county, Kansas, for sixteen months, it is stated, and water sells there for forty cents a barrel. C'apt. A. W. Greely, of Arctic fame, lias been confirmed as chief signal officer with the rank of brigadier general. The business failures reported in the United States last week numbered 203. A heavy sleet and snow storm occurred in Northern Virginia last Friday, and the weather was intensely cold. Kentucky has a full Prohibition State ticket in the field, fifty counties having been represented in the nominating convention. Fontaine J. Fotf, a prominent lawyer of Louisville, heads the ticket.'"")^ Many of the Apaches in Arizona have made SI a dav through the season as farm laborers. ^William S. Martin, an old citizen of Pittsburg, who died a week ago, predicted the exact hour of his death. Ruth Harmon, grandmother ol Mrs. Cleveland, died at her home in Jackson, N. Y., yesterday morning. There was a heavy snow storm all Saturday night throughout New England and the railroads are all blocked again/'-'-^Irs. Jane Washington Thornton Beck/ wife of Senator Beck, of Kentucky, died at her residence in Washington, D. C., last Sunday evening. She was a grand niece of George Washington. Governor Wilson, of West Virginia, has issued his proclamation to-day reconvening the Legislature of that State on the third Wednesday of April next. The last distillery in Iowa is to be closed because of the Prohibition law. Owing to the dispute about the election of a Lieutenant Governor, the Indiana Legislature is likely to adjourn without accomplishing any legislation whatever. In a case appealed from Tennessee, involving the right of one State to impose a license tax upon drummers or traveling salesmen, the United States Supreme Court, on Monday last, rendered a decision to the effect that such taxation is an interference with Inter-State commerce, and, is therefore, unconstitutional. CONFLICT OXTHE BORDER. On Thursday night last, at Nogales, Arizona,, Deputy Sheriff James Speed saw Lieutenant Guitterez, with four armed soldiers, crossing the bridge over a small creek into the United States. He immediately called on Henry Littlepage and Dr. Purdy to go with him, and see why an armed party should enter the United States. On arriving in front of the American Custom House, the Lieutenant of the Mexican troops stepped in front of Littlepage, and covering him with a revolver, demanded the release of a Mexican named Eineau, whom they supposed the United States authorities were holding as a prisoner. Littlepage said: "I have ho prisoner," and immediately snatched the six-shooter out of the Lieutenant's hands, and placed him under arrest. The Americans then started for the main street of the town. The Lieutenant called on some of the '.Mexican soldiers concealed in the dry bed of the creek to release him. They immediately confronted the Americans, and one of them covered Littlepage with his rifle and demanded the release of the Lieutenant. Firing then became general between the three officers and the Mexican soldiers, the Mexicans retreating across the international line into Mexico, the American officers following and shooting until their weapons were empty. By this time the American population was aroused, and every man who could procure weapons armed himself, expecting an attack every moment from the Mexican soldiers, who had been ordered out by Col. Arvizu, their commander, and stationed on the railroad platform in front of the Mexican custom house. News was brought that one of the Mexican soldiers was mortally injured. It is stated that the cause of the armed men being sent into the United States was to compel an American woman, with whom Colonel Arvizu had been living, and who had refused to cohabit with him any longer, to return, and that upon being discovered by the officers, the Mexicans made a bold bluff to cover up their intentions. Acting United States uonsui w.jb. urizciose nas taken the matter in hand, and made a demand upon the Mexican authorities for Lieutenant Guiterez, who was peaceably surrendered, the Mexican authorities declaring that they desire no trouble with the United States Government. A Mysterious Clue and Its Results. The Asheville, N. C., correspondent of the News and Courier} details the following incidents of a mysterious clue given by some ladies to the detectives and how it resulted : A sensation has occurred here, which gave the chief of the Pinion Detective Agency, W. H. Leaver, of this city, something to tax his ingenuity with. A few afternoons since, two ladies of this city were out for a buggy drive beyond the river. They were not far beyond the French Broad when, at a turn in the roadway, there came riding rapidly by them a man on horseback with something in a bag?like a meal or hour bag?and just as the horseman passed the buggy his horse shied and the ladies heard what they recognized instantly as the sudden cry of an infant. The man on horseback rode rapidly round the wooded curve in the mountain roadway and disappeared in the direction of the river. The ladies drove on slowly discussing this strange occurrence, when they met two men walking. The ladies, stopping their horse, told the men what they saw and heard, and they, in turn, replied that they had heard and saw, with equal astonishment, the same. These men did not know the rider on horseback, but, like the ladies, thought the matter very mysterious. Detective Leaver took charge of the matter, and has unraveled the mystery and made public the result of his research. After getting a clue and quietly following it up, he found that the facts in the case were these: Mr. Henry Warren, who lives near the river, is much troubled with rats. On the day of the occurrence he was bringing a cat from a neighbor's house to*his own, and in order that the mouser might not see how to get back to the old home it, was put into a bag and thus blindfolded. Will Pkoiiably Visit tiie South.? The Baltimore American says: The President is anxious to clear up his desk of business, so that when the spring opens he can take Mrs. Cleveland and make a little tour of the country. The coming summer is the last one left him to work up a boom for renomination. He, therefore, wants to make hay while the sun shines. Mrs. Cleveland wants to travel. She has been to Europe and seen the cities of the Continent, but she has not traveled through this country. Cleveland, too, has developed a strong desire to see "the dear people of the South." Visitors who have called on him have been struck by his desire to know "the various routes through the South," the best places to visit in April and May." He has as much as told the people from the I great West, as well as from the Southwest, that he might see them again before they returned to the National Capital. Put from Mrs. Cleveland comes the most direct intimation of an intention of the Presi- ] dent to "swing around the circle." In her pleasant little chats with her lady visitors she has spoken of the anticipated pleasures of such a trip and the hope that it might bo accomplished. LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W.G.Campbell, McConnellsville, S. C'.?Horse Stolen. P. A. Gilbert, Town Treasurer?Treasurer's Report of the Town Council of Yorkville, S. C. Sallio MeLure?Warning. II. P. Adickes?Grand Central, Etc. John C. Kuykendal?Concerning Guano. Hunter it Gates?New Goods. M. Strauss?New Spring Goods. Withers Adickes?Our Hobby. Lowry A Starr?Certain Chill Cure. George T. Schorb?Still They Go. J. W. Dobson?Buggies, Ac. y^V. S. CIRCUIT COURT. ThoMollowing citizens of York county were drawn on Thursday last to servo at the May term of the United States Circuit Court, which will he convened in Charleston on Monday, May 4: W.B.Allison; A. L. Nunnery, Walter J. Rawlinson. SALES-DAY. There were no otlicial sales last Monday, salesday for March. Notwithstanding the day was devoid of this attraction, the attendance of people from the country was large, the inevitable iorsetraders appearing in force and monopolizing the business transactions of*the day. *yC EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. Between 2 and 3 o'clock last Friday morning an earthquake shock was felt at this place. The same shock is reported from Greenville, Sumter, Winnsboro, Chester, Columbia, Society Hill, Oakley, Midway, Union, Newberry, Greenwood, Aiken, Charleston, Summorville, Augusta, Ga., and Charlotte, N. C. V' PERSONAL MENTION. Miss Minnie Kerr, of Hickory, N. C., is in Yorkville, visiting Mrs. Bolton Smith. The family of Rev. F. C. Hickson, pastor of the Baptist church, arrived here last Friday evening, and the minister is comfortably domiciled in the Bo\'d house, on the northern end of Main street. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. Tly^municipal election passed off quietly yesterday, but little excitement being manifested. There were two tickets in the field, the name of Mr. W. C. Latimer, for warden, appearing on both of them. The following is the vote : For Intendant?George II. O'Leary, 95 : Geo. W. S. Hart, 84. For Wardens?Wm. C. Latimer, 103; Frank A. Gilbert, 101; Sam M. Grist, 00; I). Edward Finley, 00; J. Ed. Jeft'erys, 89: J. R. Schorb, 84; Walter B. Moore, 82. The new town council will be composed as follows : George IT. O'Leary, IntendRnt, and Wm. C. Latimer, Frank A. Gilbert, Sam M. Grist and D. Edward Finley, Wardens. RAILROAD ITEMS. Our latest information from the engineeringcorps under Capt. Ramsaur, on Monday last, placed them near Black's Ford on Bullock's Creek, three miles south-east of Hickory Grove, with compass pointing in the direction of Yorkville. With the exception of one or two land owners the right of way has been secured from King's Creek to Mr. John A. Byers' on Bullock's Creek. The election in DeKalb township, in which the town of Camden is situated, resulted last Thursday in a majority of over 800 in favor of a subscription of?40,C00 in aid of the road. This subscription is conditioned, however, that tho bonds are not to be delivered to the company until the roadbed through DeKalb township is completed and ready for the rails. Col. Matson returned from that end of the line last Saturday evening, and left the next day for Cincinnati on business connected with the road. He expects to return to Yorkvillo by the time Capt. Ramsaur locates the line to this place. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector.?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Service next Sunday at 10.30 A. M., and Sundayschool immediately after service. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal.?Rev. TV. TV. Daniel, Pastor. Pravor-meeting next Sunday morning I at 10.15 o'clock ; preaching at 11 A. M. and 7.30 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. King's Mountain Mission?Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Quarterly meeting at Philadelphia Church next Saturday and Sunday, at 11 A. M. each day, on which occasion the Presiding Elder will be present. Preaching also at Canaan at 11 A. M. on Sunday and at /.ion at 3 P. M. DEATH OF "IXGOMAR." Mr Walter S. Lynch, of Columbia, died at his residence in that city on Sunday afternoon last. The circumstances attending his death are thus given by the Columbia correspondent of tho News and Courier: "At 11 o'clock on Sunday morning Mr. Lynch, with his family went to Mass at St. Peter's Church. At 4 o'clock his family left him at home and went to Vespers. On returning to the house his two little daughters found Mr. Lynch ill. When his wife returned she induced him to lie down and sent for Dr. Philpot, the family physician. Dr. Philpot found Mrs. Lynch at (>.30 o'clock bathing her husband's head with camphor, unconscious of the fact that his life had passed away. In tho oninion of tho doctor death resulted from apoplexy, of which Mr. Lynch had previously had slight attacks. Mr. Lynch was about fifty years old. lie had been a practical printer for several years, and subsequently went into the express business. Returning to Columbia four or live years ago he entered the grocery business, which he subsequently gave up and opened a crockery store, which he was conducting at the time of his death." Mr. Lynch was highly gifted as a writer of verse, and many of his best poetical contributions appeared originally in the Enquirer over the signature of "Ingoniar." THE WEATHER LAST MONTH. From the monthly meteorological report, furnished by Mr. C. M. Kuykendal, who makes the observations at this place, we compile the following facts about the weather during the month of February : Mean temperature, 49.118; lowest temperature, 25.50, on the 13th and 14th ; highest temperature, 72 on the 3d. Rainfall 4.04 inches. The rainfall during January was 1.16 inch, and the mean temperature 37.14. A new series of weather signals has been adopted, requiring now only three separate signals, except the cold wave flag, to indicate any character of weather that may bo predicted at Washington. This system is the result of a conference of the various State weather service directors held in Washington last fall. Rofore, the use of various systems caused considerable conflict, the old Ohio system being repudiated by many railroads because it conflicted with their colors. The new system will only cause a change in the rain signal of the one now used. The new one will be blue?indicating rain. The old signal was yellow. The system adopted for communicating the indications to the public by flags or symbols is as follows: Number 1, white flag, six feet square, indicates clear or fair weather. Number 2, blue flag, six feet square, indicates rain or snow. Number 3, black, triangular flag, four feet at base and six feet in length, always refers to temperature. When placed above numbers 1 or 2 it indicates warmer weather; when placed below numbers 1 or 2 it indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the indications are that the temperature will remain stationary, or that the change in temperature will not varv five deirrees from the same hour nt' the m-eced ingday. Number 4, white Hag six feet square, with black square in centre, indicates the approach of a sudden and decided fall in temperature. This signal is usually ordered at least twenty-four hours in advance of the cold wave. Tt is not displayed unless a temperature of fortyfive degrees, or lower, is expected. When number 4 is displayed, number 3 is always omitted. An Important Railroad Decision.? The Railroad Commission has just rendered a decision upon a matter presented to their attention, which must be of peculiar interest from the fact that it is the first of the kind, in some particulars, that they have been called upon to decide. The question raised was an alleged discrimination by the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad in charging a higher rate for freight from Charleston to Tatum, a station on this road, than was charged to Bennettsville, the next station beyond. Complaint was made by a shipper of fer