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Jfaaps and partis. ? The Legislature of Ohio has enacted a law, similar to that recently enacted in New York, substituting electricity for the gallows. The New York law went into effect the 1st ultimo, bdt there has been no execution in the State since that date. ? The new pencils introduced by Faber for writing upon glass, porcelain and metals in red, white and blue, are made by melting together four parts of spermaceti, three parts tallow and two parts wax, the mixture being colored with white lead, red lead or Prussian blue, as desired. ? Governor Lee, of Virginia, will deliver an address in New York on February 22nd. In his remarks on that occasion the governor will devote a good deal of his attention to the industrial prosperity of his State. He will, no doubt, have something interesting to say on the race problem at the South. ? Johns. Ben, cniei tne united states secret service, reports that for the year ending June 30 there were 407 arrests for counterfeiting. Of those arrested there J were 146 convicted, 165 discharged and 96 cases are still undecided. Forty-six of those arrested were old offenders. A fact of interest is that a large percentage of the counterfeiters qre Italians. ? General Boulanger, the French agitator, has gained such a decided victory at a ^^.^jrecentelection that the Government is demoralized and believes that the French people are ready for a revolution, with Boulanger at its head. The Cabinet have resigned, but President Carnot declined to accept their resignation. The days of the French Republic are about ended. ? Marie Frances Norton, a sister of Charles J. Guiteau, has recently published a novel, mainly devoted to a defence of her brother, who, she says, was crazy, and was influenced by others to shoot President Garfield. She calls the book "The Stalwarts; or, Who Were to Blame?" She holds the star route swindlers mainly responsible for her brother's crime. ? Richard Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun, says that his latest invention is a police gun, for use in riots. It will fire 1,200 shots in a minute in any direction. He believes high explosives will be the coming destructive force in warfare. To this end he is bending his energies to design guns to use them. He has recently sold patents for guns to an English syndicate, which has built extensive works at Birmingham. ? It appears that land grabbing has been going on at a lively rate in the South Pacific. Official repor.ts at Washington are said to show that up to 1886 foreigners had laid claim to 694,000 acres in the Samoan Islands, which have a total area of 670,720. Thus aliens asserted ownership of 24,000 acres more than the kingdom possesses ! During the past two years the Germans have filed additional claims amounting to many thousands of acres. ? If the Missionary Review is correct, the 3,000,000 converts in the foreign mission fields are setting a good example to the manv millions of Christians at home, for these converts have sent out 30,000 missionaries, or one out of every 100, while their more fortunately born brethren send but one in 5,000. The converts serve as native preachers, teachers, catechists and lay helpers, and prove helpful to the regular missionary force sent from England and this country. ? The present French Republic has lasted as long as any Government in that country since the first revolution. The consulate and the Empire of Napoleon I continued from 1799 to 1815; the Bourbons were in power from 1815 to 1830; Louis Phillippe reigned from 1830 to 1848, and Napoleon III from 1852 to 1870. The existing Republic was proclaimed in 1871, so that according to cycle theory it should expire with the present year. ? An Atlanta dispatch of Friday says: The sensation in Georgia is the resignation of R. H. Jackson, president of the Georgia Farmers' Alliance, which has been brought about because of charges of usurpation of power. Jackson has been looked on as a candidate for Governor bel cause of his position. This will now \ ...probably fall to L. F. Livingston, first vice president of the Alliance, who is an active politician and a candidate for Govqbbqt. The Alliance is very strong in some parts of Georgia, and has great weight politically. ? The report of the commissioner on agriculture for the State Georgia shows that the average cash price of bacon in that State for 1888 was 9.71 cents a pound?the credit price 12.3 cents. The average credit was for four months. Corn, cash price 77 cents, credit price 98 cents. The advance is about26 per cent, for four month's credit, or 6.5 per month, or 78 percent, per annum. The commissioner actually congratulates the farmer on having reduced the rate from 108 per cent, last year to 78 per cent, this year. He attributes this "encouraging reduction" to the efforts of the F^-mers' Alliance. ? Excitment is intense at Lexington, Va., over the discovery of an immense mountain of the richest iron ore, which rivals in quality and vast depsit the famous iron beds of Birmingham. It was discovered by persons who went out to investicmta tho npwlv nncned nroncrtv called Buena Vista, on the line of the Shenandoah Valley and Richmond and Alleghany railroads, within a few miles of the ' town. Chemists pronounce the ore more than 59 per cent pure and high grade. This, it is thought, will ensure the building of a new city. Business is nearly suspended, and people will not talk of anything but the discovery and the prospects of a new Pittsburg or Birmingham. ? Chicago has its full share of explosives. Besides the fatal work of the Anarchists with dynamite and bombs, the elements are at war with the city. Late Saturday afternoon a meteor weighing seven hundred pounds fell with a terrific crash on Chicago avenue. Its fall caused the earth to shake as if by an earthquake. The meteor burst into fragments, and pieces were scattered around several blocks. There was much excitement and conster nation for a time among the residents of that part of the city, but it soon subsided when the cause of the shock became known. Some of the fragments have been submitted to experts for chemical examination. ? A mysterious disease is thus reported from Kentucky: Twenty-four persons, mostly children, have died in Webster county, of a disease with which the doctors appear unable to cope. The disease spread through several neighborhoods. One family lost seven out of nine members, one adult has recovered and is blind. The disease is not understood by the physicians and they are unable to name it. Death usually occurs from six to twelve hoursafter an attack. Those dying rapid?turn hlack after death. Three phvsj- . ci&ns have fled, not being able to be of service, and not wishing to jeopardize their lives without hope of doing good. ? Of every eight loaves of bread which the Londoner eats, seven are made of foreign wheat?two being Russian?and only one of home grown grain. During last year London received a total of 2,745,891 quarters of wheat, and flour a further quantity (reckoned as quarters) of 2,356, 883 quarters, or a grana roiai 01 o,iuz,/<* quarters. Of this vast quantity, the largest since 1883, but 660,000 were native, the whole of the remainder coming to them from abroad. The most noteworthy feature of the London trade is the extraordinarily large imports of Russian wheat, and as striking a decrease in the imports from the United States. From Russia, chiefly, of course, from Black Sea ports, there came 1,429,796 quarters of wheat, or about 55 per cent, of the entire imports from abroad into London. ? In the death of the Rev. Dr. Charles Goodrich, New Orleans has lost a historical character. He was born in 1814. He entered college at Middlebury, Vt., where he subsequently studied for the Episcopal ministry. In 1835 he went to New Orleans, taught school for a few years, and, meantime, organized St. Paul's Church. Mr. Goodrich remained rector of this church until 1862, when he was removed from the pulpit by a body of soldiers under Gen. Strong, acting under the instructions of Gen. B. F. Butler, who banished him together with the Rev. Dr. Leacock and the Rev. Mr. Fulton, to Fort Lafayette, for omitting in his services the prayer for the President of the United States. In 1866 Mr. Goodrich returned and took charge of his church. In 1867 he took church in Baltimore and rer/^r'fr/jHfcsix years, when, returning assumed charge of the ^^FfeVj^^^^kyNjuige. Afterwards he ffjfa T^SSj^^^^^^^eritus of his former year he celeial of the foundk^^Nc^^^^^^^HR>rother of ~Pow'jB| /jjA ville, Ark., one night lust week, by some i unknown person, who fired a load of buckshot through a window, breaking Clayton's neck and killing him instautly. Clayton was a candidate for Congress at the recent election against C. It. Breckinridge and had served Breckinridge notice of contest of his seat in the Fifty-first Congress. Nothing has become public which in any manner explains the murder. Plummerville is a small village in Conway county. The murder occurred at a hotel. The Arkansas Senate has almost unanimously rejected the House resolution in regard to the assassination of Clayton, which called on Congress to secure to the citizens of the South their political rights, even though it be necessary to place the States under military authority. The lower house of the Arkansas Legislature has defeated the bill passed by the Senate authorizing the Governor to offer a reward of $5,000 for the arrest of the murderer of Clayton on constitutional grounds, but another bill having the same object in view will be introduced and will probably pass both houses without delay. ibc IJorfevittc (Shujitim. - - ^^ : VORKVILLE, S. . WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ti, 1889. MR. HEMPHILL IN DEBATE. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier writes under date of last Friday : There are but few men in the present Congress who have made such rapid strides toward renown and popularity as Representative Hemphill. Almost every time he appears in the House in charge of any special measure he adds new laurels to his crown. Last Monday Mr. Hemphill had a spirited colloquy with Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, who aspires to be one of the Democratic leaders because of his position on the ways and means committee, and also because he was alluded to in the tariff debate as Mr. Mills's first lieuteuant. It was a pretty sharp passage, and the young 8outh Carolinian astonished hisfriendsand won enthusiastic applause from both sides of the House by the admirable and thorough manner in which he used up his associate from Tennessee. The controversy arose on a provision in the sundry civil appropriation hill relative to some appropriation for. the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in this city. It was claimed that the proposition submitted by Mr. Randall on the part of the committee was subject to a point of order, as it changed existing law. Mr. Hemphill argued in favor of the point of order and the chair sustained him. Mr. McMillin jumped into the debate and soon discovered that he was out of his depth, as Mr. Hemhill was thoroughly familiar with the subject under discussion, while the gentleman from Tennessee was not. The members of the house soon realized that fact and enjoyed the tilt very much. When Mr. McMillin saw that he was being handled pretty roughly by the South Carolinian, he committed the error, usually fatal in debate, of losing his temper. Mr. Hemphill said that if the gentleman from Tennessee was better informed he would not speak so rashly as he had during the discussion. Mr. McMillin referred to extravagance in salaries, and took the ground that Mr. Randall occupied, stating that it appeared that the inmates were ! not properly proportioned among the States. He named certain States that had ! very few inmates there. "Are there applications from these : States?" asked Mr. Hemphill. "I do not know," replied Mr. McMillin. Mr. Hemphill retorted that that was the way gentlemen were speaking without information. He did not think it right to give the institution a black eye on supposition. He asked Mr. McMillin if he had ever been in the institution. Mr. McMillin replied that he had not. "Have you ?" he asked. "I have," replied Mr. Hemphill. "I know much about the institution." Mr. McMillin said there were certain men in the House who thought they knew a vast deal. "There are," retorted Mr. Hemphill: "I can point to one of them," waving his hand toward Mr. McMillin. The shot was so direct and so well deserved that, amid laughter and applause, : Mr. McMillin retired to the cloak room, i while Mr. Hemphill's friends congratu- 1 lated him upon his qualities as a "knockerout." The District commissioners and a num- < ber of leading citizens of Washington propose to give a dinner in honor of Representative Hemphill on Friday next, to show their appreciation of his able support in behalf of the interests of the District of Columbia generally. CONGRESS THIS WEEK. Various appropriation bills were reported on Monday and yesterday. After the appropriation bills the census bill and the Pacific Railroad funding bill will come up as unfinished business. There are several other measures pending, including Senator Sherman's anti-trust bill, which are likely to be called up during the week, as opportunity offers, but upon which no decisive action seemed probable. From time to time reports from con ference com m i ttees, which are privileged matters, may be received and called up for action. Of these, the most important are those concerning the Niearauga Canal, the Inter-State commerce bill and the omnibus territorial bill. An agreement may be reached on the Canal bill by the two houses, but new conferees will probably be appointed ou the other subjects. Under a resolution introduced by Senator Saulsbury and referred to the committee on foreign relations, that committee may be expected, after its meeting to-day, to report in some form the declaration of its idea of what is necessary and right to be done by the United States to maintain the dignity of the Government, and to fulfill its obligations under the treaty with Samoa. Should this come in it will doubtless lead to a debate of some length, probably in secret session. The work in the House will be mainly of a routine character. Monday was the last day of the present session on which individual membpfs could secure the passage of measiKcS"under suspension of the rufe, an<T*The Speaker has been fairly besieged by Representatives who have abandoned the hope of getting their bills before the House in any other manner. Mr. T. J. Campbell, of New York, feels confident that he will be able to secure recognition to move the passage of the bill to pension the widow of the late Gen. Sheridan. Mr. Blanchard also is hopeful of his ability to rescue the river and harbor bill from its present perilous situation and get it before the House. Then a a strong contingent has organized under the lead of Mr. Dunn for an effort to pass the copy-right bill under suspension of the rules. The fate of these and other attempts to expedite business depends, however, upon the temper of the people who have been fighting tne Union Pacific Funding bill. The conference report on the Nicaragua Gnnnl hill is pyneeted to be called ud earl.v this week. The army bill will follow, if not blocked by the report on the Edmunds Panama resolution, and the remainder of the week may be filled in with contested election cases, and a possible report from the conferees of theomnibus territorial bill. Tiie South Carolina Railroad.?As has been known for some time, the South Carolina Railroad is seriously embarrassed financially, and on Friday proceedings were commenced in the Lnited States court at Charleston for a foreclosure of the first mortgage of the road, which defaulted on the interest on its second mortgage bonds on January 1st. The petitioner is H. P. Walker, formerly British consul at Charleston, and one of the trustees under the first mortgage. The court decided that the motion could only be entertained on "rule day," which is the first Monday of every month, and as Judge Simonton is now holding court at Greenville, the motion will probably be postponed until the first Monday in March. W. H. Brawley, the solicitor of the company, who has just returned from New York, says that nothing had been done by : wgy of a settlement of the troubles. The et mortgage bond holders can iv^Lipsti-^ He suit for foreclosure uitf^ t Hi j I I they are therefore not in the present suit. The Railroad officials say that the business for January was the largest they have had in mauy years. It is not at all improbable that the West Point Terminal will become the purchasers of the road in the event of a sale or foreclosure. MERE-MENTION. Dr. A. T. Mann, the most eloquent pastor of the Georgia Methodist Conference, died in Augusta last Saturday at the age of 70. During his ministry he occupied every leading pulpit in the State. He was a brother-in-law of Bishop Pierce. A young man in Rockford, Illinois, who some time ago wrote his name in a girl's album, is now being sued by her for $800, the amount of a note she claims to hold against him. It is believed the note was written on the page of the album. An act prohibiting women from wearing hat3 more than three inches high above their heads in places of amusement, has passed the Nevada General Assembly. Thirteen thousand citizens of Utah have petitioned Congress against the admission of that territory as a State. President J. R. Tolleson and Cashier Richards, of the Atlanta Mercantile Banking Company, which *U/\ Rn r\/ln /\f o vnnni ttAV* o lirntlL' WCLll 1 Li IU LUC 1IU1IUC U1 U> ICCClVCi u nccu ago, have been arrested for fraud in the management of the bank and are now in jail, folleson is a Spartanburg man, but has been living in Atlanta for several years. The town of Warsaw, Illinois, is alarmingly afflicted with black measles, there being over three hundred cases reported. There were five deaths in one day. People are growing alarmed and numbers are leaving the place. Dr. Charles P. Burns, well known in the southern part of the State, was shot and killed last Friday night at Baxter, Arkansas, by Deputy Sheriff Childers while he was trying to serve a warrant on the doctor. A school teacher in Jackson township, Ohio, has been dismissed for hitting with a slung-shot a pupil who could not define the relation of the participle to the other parts of speech. The directors of the Atlanta Exposition have sent a committee to Indianapolis to invite the presidentelect to attend the Exposition. The city of Atlanta has also urged him to accept the invitation. The length of the Mississippi river has always been placed at 4,100 miles, but civil engineers familiar with the stream say that it has shortened itself over 400 miles in twenty years and will do as well in the twenty to come. A letter has been received at the State department of Georgia in which the writer says: "I was twice mortally wounded in active battle at Griswoldville." A monster blast recently took place in Niagara Canyon, Utah. Seven and a half tons of giant powder was exploded and 00,000 yards of rock were removed. Frank W. Pope, who was the Independent Republican candidate for governor of Florida in 1884, has been threatened with assassination in Madison county, where he is working up evidence for a defeated Republican candidate for Congress. He was protected from the would-be lynchers by the sheriff and a posse. Missouri is the only State in the Union that makes no provision for her militia. In 1880 there were seven regiments in the State, while now there are but two, numbering 1,800 mon Thp himinpss fftilnrps oncurrinff throughout the country during last week number for the United States 291, Canada 41; a total of 332 against 342 the week previous. An authentic silver dollar of the Confederate States is valued by coin Collectors at ?1,000. Only a few were coined before the Confederate mint ran out of silver. The electoral count will be had on the 13th of February, which will give General Harrison thefinal declaration of his election as a valentine. The Farmers' Alliance of Hancock county, Ga., have resolved to raise an abundance of food and provision crops this year?a wise and timely resolution. The Pennsylvania Railroad alone expects to carry 250,000 people to Washington to the inauguration. It will use 8,000 cars for its excursions. Fire destroyed $3,000,000 worth-of property in Buffalo, N. Y,, last Saturday, Six men were sentenced to death by Judge Parker, of the United States court at Fort Smith, Arkansas, last Saturday. Two of them are white men, and two "negroes and two half breed Indians, and all are murderers. They will all be hanged on Friday, April 19. In a Philadelphia court, Mrs. Barrows, who pleaded guilty to murdering her husband, has been sentenced by Judge Hart to be hanged. The-f^est- powerful artificial light in existence is supposed to be one at St. Catherine's lighthouse, in the Isle of Wight, which is estimated to be over 7,000,000 candle-power. Mr. W. L. Trenholm, comptroller of the currency, has tendered his resignation to the president which has been accepted, and Jesse D. Abrams has been nominated by the president to fill the vacancy. Mr. Trenholm has been elected president of the American Surety Company of New York. Rudolph, the crown prince of Austria, committed suicide last Thursday at Mierling, near Baden, by shooting himself in the head. The White Caps have organized at Harrisburg, Va., and severely handled two colored men. The colored people are very much alarmed and many of them are afraid to be seen on the streets + 'Phil eoloc r\f tnhoonn of. Ikn. ell; UigiA v. xiig ouiw ui wuwwvw i?v ville, Va., since October 1, have been G,778,412 pounds, or 4,000,000 pounds less than a year ago. Last Friday night, near Evansville, Ind., Geo. Heidells, a young farmer, disguised himself as a ghost and stepped from the roadside in front of Willam Tompkins, colored, who was returning from the woods with an axe on his shoulder. The frightened negro, with a terrific blow, cut Heidells's head in two. It is now definitely stated that at the expiration of his term of office, President Cleveland will connect himself with a law firm in New York city. Lent this year begins March Gth and Easter will fall on April 21st, nearly as late as it is possible for it to be. Louisiana furnishes alone one-seventh of our sugar. Her crop in 1888 was 350,000,000 pounds. John Wanamaker's life is insured for a round million of dollars, which a statistician computes is at the rate of 87.500 for every pound of his flesh. Sixty persons, mostly capitalists and owners of property, have moved to Fort Payne, Alabama, fifty-one miles south of Chattanooga, equipped for making a permanent settlement in Alabama. The Board of Agriculture.?The State board of agriculture met in Columbia last Thursday. A resolution was adopted expressing the appreciation of the board of the services' of Governor Ilugood as their presidiug officer for the past year. He was unanimously elected chairman of the board, and Mr. L. A. Hansom was reelected secretary. President J. M. McBride, director of the experimental station, submitted a report showing that proper titles for the lands comprising the Spartanburg station have been executed to the State. A committee, consisting of Director McBryde and two members of the hoard, was appointed to make a full report as to what attion shall be taken in regard to the Spartanburg station. It was decided to continue the farmers' institutes for the ensuing year in whatever counties they are desired. A premium of $500 having been offered by the American Agriculturist for the largest yield per acre of corn produced in any State in the Union, the board will add a premium of $500, provided the premium offered by the Agriculturist is taken by a South Carolina planter. The board also offers, unconditionally, a premium of $100 for the largest yield obtained by any South Carolina fanner. The publication of the monthly report was ordered discontinued, and the commissioner was authorized to issue special OUlietlDS containing any lnioriiiuium ui interest to the farmers.?[Cor. Charleston World. The Ballot-Box in Arkansas.?la. reference to the recent assassination of John M. Clayton, of Arkansas, there was an exciting scene in the Legislature of that State last Saturday over the joint resolution introduced by Jones, of Nevada county, requesting the Governor to oiler a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of the thieves who broke into the vault of Bulaski county, and stole the ballot-boxes and poll-book immediately after the State election in September last. The resolution was vigorously opposed by some and ridiculed by Mr. Gordon, who moved to substitute twenty-five cents for $-100. During the debate Speaker Hudgins left the chair and spoke an hour in favorof the resolution. He denounced in the most emphatic manner ballot box robberies in general, and the Pulaski county robbery in particular, scored the grand jury for failing to report on the matter, and handled the whole subject with bare knuckles. The resolution was adopted by a large majority. Mr. Clayton was engaged in looking up testimony in regard to the stolen ballot LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss, Secretary?Masonic Notice. W. C. Latimer?Third Week at the "Bazaar." Witbers Adiekes?Tobaccos. M. it IT. C. Strauss?Compare- Goods and Prices. H. F. Adickes?Grand Central Fancy and Dry Goods Establishment and Headquarters for Boots and Shoes. Kennedy Bros, it Barron?Men's Shoes of all Grades. J. H. Riddle?We Do Not Pretend. S. A. McElwee?Wanted by Next Saturday. Dr. D. C. Atkinson?New Drug Storo?Medical Card. E. E. Wright, Executrix of J. L. Wright, deceased?Sale of Land under Power of Sale in Mortgage. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. A slight change of schedule on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad went into effect on Monday last. The south-bound mail train now arrives at 12.58 P. M.; and the north-bound mail train at 4.50 P. M. THE BOXETCASES. The attorneys representing the respondents in the township bond cases from York county, have accepted the terms of the order in the Lancaster case, which limits the time for filing arguments until the 1st of March, so that all the cases will be submitted to the Supreme Court for its decision by that date. TO PRINTERS. We offer for sale about 350 pounds of bourgeois body type and the same quantity of minion, both of which are in use in printing this paper. This paragraph is a sample of the bourgeois, and the minion is used in the advertisements. Price for the minion 30(iintstfienpound^ fortij^>oui> geois 25 cents per pound. Any part^fesT?~ ing both fonts can purchase them at 25 cents per pound. Terras cash. SALES-DAY. There was but one official sale last Monday, sales-day for February, and that was by James Munro, Master for Union county, who in obedience to an order made by Judge Kershaw in Union court of common pleas, at the suit of Francis M. Farr, administrator, vs. Mrs. Frances Gist and others, sold, for division and settlement, thehouseand lot on Main street, Yorkville, known as the Crenshaw property. Mrs. Frances Gist was the purchaser for the sum of $2,500. EX-GOVERNOR PERRY. Mrs. B. F. Perry has our thanks for a copy of the volume just published by her, under her own compilation, from the many communications she has received in memory of her husband on the second anniversary of her loss, December 3, 3888. The book embraces 123 pages, and besides a sketch of Governor Perry written during his lifetime, contains also several sketches ana reminiscences irom nis own pen, uuu tributes to his memory by distinguished citizens of South Ciuolinaand other States. The book is valuaWe and interesting in many respects, and in addition to its literary merit, is a high compliment by the devoted wife to the memory of the dead patqot ajrd statesman. ' seriously hurt. On Saturday afternoon last, Master Truman McClain, aged 11 years, son of Mr. John C. McClain, was playing on a "flying jennie" that for more than a year has been standing on a lot between Main street and Cleveland avenue. Only a portion of the machine remains, the perpendicular shaft and the horizontal arms to which the "horses" are suspended. These arms are eight or ten feet from the ground, and connected to the perpendicular shaft by a system of pinions or small iron cog wheels.' Truman was on the horizontal arms, riding round, when by some means his legs were caught in the cogs, and the fleshy part of each below the knees was badly torn and lacerated before he could extricate himself, he being alone at the time. He was taken to his parents' house, and JQr. W. G. White dressed the wounds. church' notice9. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Young men's union prayer-meeting will be held in the Methodist church next Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. Prayer-meeting to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. PrayerineeHng to-morrow evening at 4 o'clock. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Tirzah at 11.30 A. M. and in Yorkville at 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 P. M. colored alliance. A c</lored farmers' alliance has been organized at Mount Zion church, near Guthriesville. The organizer is J. J. Frasier, colored, of Lancaster, who has been commissioned a lecturer and organizer for York county. The declaration of principles and lawsof this orderare not thesarae as those governing the alliances composed of white citizens ; but Mr. W. N. Elder, lecturer and organizer for York county, has examined them at the request of Frazier. Mr. Elder was also present, by invitation, at the orgunization of the Mount Zion Alliance. He says the principles governing the colored alliance, and the objects of the order are calculated to render the laboring class more contented, will place them and their employers on better terms, and he thinks it will generally be productive of good. The order is free from the features characterizing the Knights of Labor and similar societies, and, Mr. Elder says, is calculated to promote the interests of the laborer and his employer. _ interesting address. We have received a handsomely printed copy of the Address to the Survivors of Fairfield county, delivered at Winnsboro on the first of last September by Colonel Edward McCrady, Jr., of Charleston. The address euabodtCs'irOl ouiy an i-rt+crr- 1 esting narration of the gallant action ofthe soldiery whom the few survivors of Fairfield represent, and the Confederate soldiers of this section of the State, but it contains much other interesting information, rendering it an important contribution to the history of the State. In this connection the Charleston World throws out the following suggestion, which the people of the State will unanimously endorse : In reading the address a thought which has ever presented to our minds, by the pure, clear and forcible phrases of the writer, and the unmistakable evidence of industrious care which mark it throughout, was how admirably fitted the distinguished writer is for a work which would ....II Viio hoot oflfr>rta vi'/ n histnrV of UA11 il/l til 1IIO UVJl VliVt iU) T ? | V> South Carolina from the earliest times to the present day. 1 YORKVILLP] BOARD OF TRADE. On Wednesday night last a meeting of merchants and others engaged in business pursuits in Yorkville was called in the Court House, the object being to organize a board of trade, to be composed of citizens of the town. Mr. M. Strauss was called to the chair and Mr. J. M. Hope elected secretary. The object of the meeting was explained at some length by W. L. McDonald, Esq., who was followed by the Chairman, who made explicit statements as to the necessity for such an organization among the merchants and explained the objects sought to be attained by it. He said it is not to interfere M|ith the rights of any other class of citizens, but simply for the mutual protection of the merchants on matters pertaining to freights, insurance, Ac., and as between the merchant and his customers, it does not seek to intervene, nor in any manner to- change the ordinary rou I " I I tine of business as already established, or as may be established, between buyer and seller. After remarks by others and the appointment of a committee on membership and one on by-laws, the meeting adjourned until Friday night. On Friday night a full meeting was in attendance, and after the adoption of bylaws, a permanent organization was effected by electing Mr. M. Strauss, president; Dr. Jno. C. Kuykendal, vice-president; Jno. M. Hope, secretary and treasurer; and an executive committee composed of J. J. Hunter, Geo. H. O'Leary, M. C. Willis, James H. Riddle, W. H. Herndon, John R. Ashe, T. S. Jefferys. The president appointed as a hall committee Messrs. Withers Adickes, Geo. T. Schorb and W. M. Allison, and the meeting then adjourned until 7.;10 this evening. "W EUCAL LACONICS. 'On Monday last Mr. John Nichols was kicked by a horse, while standing*on the street, near the public square. The owner of the animal was prancing him through the crowd, and when passing Mr. Nichols, the horse kicked him on the left knee, inflicting a severe hurt, but fortunately not fracturing the bone. TFtTttftnthropic Lodge, A. F. M., has for years held its meetings on the first Monday night of each month; but a change has been made, going into effect this month, from the first to the second Monday night. J. A. McNeil, the colored plasterer hailing from Yorkville, who was arrested at Summerville last week on a serious charge of assault and battery, has been discharged, the testimony beiu& insufficient to bind him for trial. \#i Wednesday last, Green Lester, a firenrnn on the Three C's Railroad, received a severe cut on the head by the pipe of the tank between this place and Hickory Grove, the breaking of the chain being the cause. On arriving here his wound was dressed by Dr. White. There were more people in Yorkville last Monday than have visited town on any sales-day in years. Notwithstanding the large crowd, the day passed off quietly and orderly. ^TORSONAL MENTION. Mrs. W. E. Ferguson returned to her nome in Atlanta, Ga., last Monday. We received a very pleasant call from jtfr. W. Henry Crook, of Fort Mill, on yesterday. rf*Mr. C. G. Parish having finished his railroad contract in North Carolina, has returned home to devote himself to his busi ness interests here. ^James B. Bell, Esq., is attending the united States District Court, now in session at Greenville. Conductor HalselI,of the South Carolina Railroad, who has been running on the Three C's line since last fall, has decided to give up railroading and will go into merchandising and planting near Camden. ? Miss Emma Nail and Miss Carrie Walsh, of Chester, are iu Yorkville visiting the Misses Owen. Miss Iva Curtis, of Chester, is visiting relatives, and friends in Yorkville. ^Miss Minnie Warren, of Richburg, and Miss Mary Bishop, of Florida, are in Yorkville visting Mr. John R. Warren's family. Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Patrick left this morning for Greenville on a visit. After remaining in Greenvile a few days Mr. Patrick will visit his parents and other relatives in Anderson. He expects to return to Yorkville in about two weeks. * The many friends of Mr. James L. Xlark, who has been indisposed for several days, were pleased to see him out and on the street yesterday. THEY SEEM TO LIKE IT. If there is one thing to which the average citizen will give a preference over any other, it is the idea of being humbugged ^a'trd swlhcTleit;?ThisVaTVertfl-ed fast !tfdu='; day in a striking manner. An itinerant fakir arrived here on a noon train. Registering at the Parish Hotel, he took dinner, and from his actions seemed so well pleased with the surroundings that those who noticed him concluded he had come to remain indefinitely, so nonchalant was he. But his supineness was soon thrown aside, and he said he must transact a little business that afternoon. So hiring a horse and buggy and taking with him a small pack, he directed the driver to take him to West Liberty street, a short distance from its intersection with Main street. Here the vehicle was stopped and he commenced a harangue which soon attracted a crowd around him. He offered for sale a nostrum of some kind merely to introduce it, and in order to insure its introduction a prize went with every package sold. He did not in- ] dulge in the usual humorous style of the ' medicine man, but was serious and in earn- ' est. Finally the ice was broken, a pack- j age of the all-healing medicine was sold j for only one dollar, and with it as a prize ] went a bill of money; this led to another (i sale, and with the package went another 1 bill, and so on, the distribution of green- 1 backs decreasing, however, in proportion ' to the increase of sales. , The bait took, nevertheless, some per- ( sons buying as many as five packajes, j and all assured of receiving a prize, either 1 on delivery of the medicine, or when ther * sales for the evening closed. He thus * raked in the sheckles for about two hours, \ when the general distribution of prizes i was announced, every purchaser having t been specially requested to remain, and hold up his purchase to view on thisaus- ( picious feature of the occasion. Of course, this was but an artifice to hold the crowd ] together, and it succeeded. i The prizes distributed consisted of worth- > less trinkets and vials of "tooth-ache ? drops" and similar articles; but before j all the dupes had been served, the wily yendor, probably scenting danger, waived adieu to his gudgeons, and plying the lash to his horse was soon over the hills and far away, taking with him not less than two hundred dollars, as the result of ? his disinterested work in behalf of suf- ? JAring humanity.. . . .... . ^ - ^ | YORK'S STATE PENSIOJEIIS. J The pension board for York ?unty held c a second meeting on Thursdaj last, pres- c ent Dr. J. R. Bratton, R. If Glenn and c Jos. F. Wallace. Applicatichs for pen- a sions were filed by the folloving ex-sol- J diers: T. Murphy Gwin, S. J.Harvey, H. c B. Wallace, John W. Miselly, D. E. v Thomas, Yorkville; J. A. Pirseley, John t H. Jones, Hickory Grove; Jackson Ad- 3 kins, J. D. Gaulden, Tirzah; James Child- a ers, Hoodtown; James A Bell, S. L. f Campbell, Clover; D. G. Barnett, R. G. Jc Graham, Fort Mill; W. T. Bailey, Wm.C. 1 Perry, Rock Hill; MichaelDover, Clark's c Fork; J. G. Parker, Guthriesville; J. B. ? Faris, Bethany; W. W. Bruce, Smith's Turnout; Simon Ferguson, Grover. , The following widows of soldiers also a made application for pensions: Mrs. Mary i E. Sandifer, widow of P. R. Sandifer, a Yorkville; Mrs. Julia ?eters, widow of J D. N. liters, Yorkvilll; Mrs. Jane Ay-g Ferguson, widow of James M. Ferguson^ ] Yorkville: Mrs. Jane C. Barnes, widow ^ of John O. Barnes, Bidder; Mrs. Mary r Davidson, widow of II, Robert Davidson, i Yorkville; Mrs. Nanc; Turney, widow of r John Turney, Zadol; Mrs. Sarah D. ^ Crawford, widow of W. J. Crawford, ( Bethany; Mrs. Adeline Bolin, widow of J Thomas Bolin, Hickal-y Grove; Mrs.^Mar- {i garet S. Miller, widiw of James Miller, * Zadok; Mrs. Sarah fa. Lynn, widow of t Warren Lynn, Zadoy; Mrs. Martha Bolin, -J widow of Wm. Bain, Hickory Grove; ^ Mrs. Cynthia Aberdathy, widow of L. H. ^ Abernathy, Fort iyill; Mrs. Martha A. | 1 Poag, widow of Jihn Poag, Yorkville; Mrs. Elizabeth Mprris, widow of Wil- j liam A. Morris, yorkville; Mrs. Louisa f Rainey, widow if Jonas Rainey, Tir- ] zah; Mrs. MartU E. Minter, widow I of John G. Minter, Yorkvill^ Mrs. Sarah L. Berry, widow of Wm. It. Berry, Yorkvilie ; Mrs. Z. J. Jones, widow of John J. Jones, Yorkville; Mrs. Mary F. Gill, widow of G. R. Gill, Bethany; Mrs. Caroline E. McKnight, widow of James It. McKnight, Clark's Fork; Mrs. M. E. Caton, widow of Elijah Caton, ltock Hill; Mrs. Jane A. Hill, widow of Nathaniel Hill, Blairsville; Mrs. Mary C. Choat, widow of Robert W. Choat, Clay Ilill; Mrs. E. M. Purseley, widow of Franklin Purseley, Clover; Mrs. Nancy Lemons, widow of Samuel Lemons, Tirzah ; Mrs. M. E. Robinson, widow of Win. T. Robinson, Blairsville; Mrs. Martha S. Tomlinson, widow of R. L. Toinlinson, Yorkville; Mrs. Elizabeth J. Gordon, widow of Lewis B. Gordon, Rock Hill; Mrs. Minerva Kitcnens, wiuuw 01 samuei Kitchens, Rock Hill; Mrs. Elizabeth L. Bolin, widow of Jonathan L. Bolin, Hero; Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, widow of Robert M. Jackson, Clover; Mrs.' Caroline Cobb, widow of George W. Cobb, Yorkville; Mrs. Jincy Mullinax, widow of Wright Mullinax, Darwin; Mrs. M. C. Wilson, widow of Lawsou H. Wilson, Blacksburg; Mrs. Lutitia Brown, widow of Green E. Brown, Blacksburg, Mrs. Catherine Bolin, widow of Benjamin Bolin, Blacksburg; Mrs. Patience Collins, widow of J. Thomas Collins, Rock Hill; Mrs. Margaret Shillinglaw, widow of Samuel W. Shillinglaw, Rock Hill; Mrs. Sarah R. Carothers, widow of Janpes R. Carothers, Clay Hill ; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, widow of Isom L. Ferguson, Rock Hill. Up tq litis date thergjjayejieen filed 34 applications for pensions?3G by soldiers and 48 by "widows of soldiers. The board has not yet passed upon all the applications of soldiers, though they recommend favorably all >the applications filed by widows. i C^freHpondewe of the Yorkville Knqnirer. liETTEK FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, Feb. 4.?The excitement caused bt the brutal murder of Mr. W. C. Abernathy, near Catawba J unction, has, in a measure, quieted down. As I stated in my last letter, the first person arrested, charged ,with the crime, was Charlie Mack alias McManus, who is now in York county jail, he having waived a preliminary examination tendered him by Trial Justice Bell. On Thursday last a negro named Charles Colston was arrested near Catawba Junction, charged with stealing a bee hive. He had also been known to have m&de the remark, when informed of Mr. Abernathy's death, that "that was nothing, and if Massey & Co. did not lookout, their store would be in ashes before the week was out." Colston made a confession which was in substance as follows: On Thursday evening before the murder he was cutting cord wood with Jno. Feaster. Feaster asked him if he did not want to make a big haul of money. He replied yes. Feaster then proposed that he (Colston,),Charlie Mack, and four others whom he did not know, should rob Messrs. Massey&Co.'s store the next night, and kill Mr. Massey or any one else they might find in the store. They had a meeting on Thursday night and all agreed to take part in the robbery, and if anyone of them should divulge the secret he should be killed. On Friday night they went near -the store and sent Mack to see who was inside. He came back and told them no one was there but Mr. Abernathy. They then went to the store and saw Mr. Abernathy sitting by the stove reading. There were two shoe boxes at his back, and a singletree on top of the highest box. Colston stood at the door to watch. Mack got behind him and Feaster in front. Mack struck him on the head twice with the singletree, knocking him down. His head fell on a keg. Feaster struck him on thesideof his head. Feaster felt in Mr. Abemathy'8 pocket. Mack went to the money drawer and tried to open it, but the bell rang and he ran. Mr. Abernathy then began to struggle and they all rati, Feaster taking a sack of flour with him. Feaster told Colston next morning, tl^aMlie^gj^^ ()a Friday morning John Feaster was arrested at Catawba Junction by Mr. Sep. Massey, Henry Lineberger and others. He resisted arrest and fought desperately. He was, however, bound and brought to this place. After being tied he cursed and abused his captors in a dre'dful manner. Chas. Colston was brought before him and repeated the confession he had previously made, which was denied by Feaster. The news of the arrests spread like wild fire over the country, as also the confession of Colston. Saturday morning a number of friends and neighbors of Mrs. Abernathy came to town, and as was to be supSosed, were very much excited. Trial ustice Whyte, seeing the condition of things, had the prisoners taken from the guard-house, where they were confined, to the depot of the Three C's Railroad, to be taken on the 11.58 train to York county jail. They were under charge of Major T. C. Beckham and*several assistants, and were followed by a large crowd who refused to allow the prisoners to go to jail. Trial Justice Whyte, fearircg trouble, orJered the prisoners returned to the guard riouse. Small knots of persons could be seen in the streets discussing the situation, ir listening to the advice given by cooler iieads. It was finally decided to allow the legroes to go to jail, and at 3 o'clock they were taken from the guard house and carded to the depot, when they took the train br Yorkville. The crowd, while very much excited, was orderly and quiet, and it is due those jomposing it to say that the reason the irisoners were not allowed to go to Yorkville on the 11.58 train, was the hope and ixpectation that the remainder of the jang would be arrested during the day. \s yet no information has been received is to the whereabouts of the four other legroes who are said to have been with he gang. The Board of Trade is fixing up a suite >f rooms for its use in the Toole building, in Main street. Rock Hill has another enterprise, the clock Hill Real Estate and Loan Co. The looks of subscription were opened last week, and already a large amount of the hau hoon t?lrAn. The nar valae of IIUV/IW illtu UVVli . he shares is $100, to be paid in monthly ustallraents of $1.00 each. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLAIR8V1LLE. Blairsville, February 5.?The Farmir's Alliance Is now the principal topic of liscu&sion, and the proceedings of the lounty alliances are watched with much nterest. I think theFarmer's Alliance is r-grc&t sehcoi, awl it-ya ee the wonderful interest the members are akiug in acquiring a knowledge of their ondition and formulating plans for sucessful operations in the future. It is the luty of every member of the Alliance to do ill in his power to elevate the laboring class ntellectually, socially and morally. The arraers' movement is not political, but me which has for its first and preeminent vork that of placing the farmers in posiions of independence, ease and comfort, 't is the farmer's right to stand high above ill other classes of men in the point of reedom and rest, and the full and free enoyment of home and family. He alone an live without the assistance of others. All other men are more or less at the mery of the farmer. The place for tnefarrasr is at home, whether an alliance memT trust. that wo will nil UJL UUb) ?UU JL W.WW v..WW .. - tart out this year with the most deter- i nined effortof keepingoutof debt as much is possible, living economically and plantng more provision crop9 and less cotton i ind using less commercial manures and i faore of our own making. A very serious accident occurred on last Saturday evening in front of Mr. J. L. tainey's residence. Little Rubie Burris, i vho lives near McConnellsville, while | idingdown the road, his horse became : inmanageable, while running at a very i apid speed, and also Mr. Johnny Sherer, < vho was riding up the road, his horse i )ecame frightened at Ruble's horse and lashed across the road, which caused i lubie's horse to run againsthim, knock- < ng him oft' in front of his ovn horse. The 1 lorse jumped over him, striking his hind ; oot against Rubie's leg and breaking it < ust above the ankle. He was taken to the s esidence of Mr. J. L. Raiiey, where he I vas very kindly treated, br. J H. Saye f vas summoned at once and immediate- I y dressed the broken limb. < Master Will R. Rainey,who has been ] ittending school at GaffneyC'ity, returned < lome a few days ago. He had the mis- { ortune to lose his tijunk. He will start to 1 Iuntersvillenext Monday. 1 Mr. It. H. Sherrer shot and killed a t --- a i | large owl, which tneasur ?d four feet from tip to tip. ltev. VV. W. Orr, of if untersville A. R. Church, paid a visit to Sharon recently and made quite an interesting address to the Y. M. H. M. Society, which I think accomplished much goon. Mr. Henry Latham, who has been quite ill, is better andwill soon be able to attend to his duties. i_ Mr. William Roland family, who have been sick for sonie tinn*, are not yet gettintr iilnntr u-ell sis ttipir friends would desire. Master Sain Wylf^ who has been engaged the past year Barking at Hickory Grove, has returned ;ionie and will engage in fanning. The farmers of this sokion, after having the blues for some weekl^n account of excessive rains, haye once- ?>re Pu* on their Sunday smiles aad the^j Jnughman's voice can be'heard ovdr the la id. Croakeh. SOUTH CAROLINFNUWS. ? IflttSs Florence Boyd, daughter of Rev. D. P. Boyd,of Jofiesvilte, Union county, died on the 28th ultimo: ? The town of Florence has been selected as the location of the cjouuty seat of the new county of Florence! ? At Darlington, on Tuesday night of last week, fire destroyed the county jail, express office, a livery stable and a store. ? The health of Judge Kershaw is improving, and he hopesto be able to preside at the approaching terms of the courts for Occonee and Greenvillej. ? A fire at Graniteville last Friday destroyed the warehouse of the Granitevilla, Manufacturing company, containing 2,340 bales of cotton. Loss, 3j00,000; insurance'^ $90,000. T ? The newly elected council of the town of Beaufort seems to have provoked a good, deal of criticism by taxing, it is said, every IhoajQpqs in, thefllace. yhfle no pntries.aro to be found on the tax books against the iutendant and wardens. ? Secretary of State Marshal has recei ved the new seal of the State, which he was authorized by the legislature at its recent session to purchase. Theseal is a fac-simile of the original great seal of the State, and cost $6o. ? Anthony Hamilton, the famous color* ' - - ' -1 A.. k;.> I,,-o eu jocKey, is on avian m whuiiiu.?, mo birth place, where his mother lives. He was born in Hardy Solomon's yard. His display of jewelry is gorgeous and he is engaged to ride for Senator Stanford next year at a salary of 81o,()(j0. ? The South Carolina State Sundayschool convention will meet this year in Charleston on Tuesday evening, the 26th of March, and continue through the next two days. Mr. William Reynolds, of Illinois, president of the International Sundayschool convention, is to be present and take part in the convention. ? The Railroad Commissioners haye invited all the traffic mariflgersof the railroads in this State to meet them at their office in Columbia to-day. The object of the meeting is to give the commissioners an opportunity to submit to the railroad men a tariff schedule prepared for both passenger and freight traffic. ? Dispatch to the News and Courier: The stores of A. A. Morris and W. B. Hogan, of Ridgeway, Fairfield county, were broken into last Saturday night and robbed of groceries and dry goods. An unsuccessful attempt was also made on Ruff & Co., but a clerk sleeping in the store fired upon the thief or thieves, who escaped. This is the fourth time this winter the town has been visited by burglars. ? The Greenville County Farmers' Alliance held a meeting last Saturday. The fertilizer question was the subject of discussion and propositions from several fertilizer manufacturers to furnish guano to the Alliance at reduced rates were received. That from the Greenville Oil Mill, makers of Greenville fertilizers, was adopted as being the most favorable, but the action of the Alliance was not made binding oc the members. ?The Orangeburg Times and Democrat of last week says: "Blind eyed justice will be satisfied at this term of the court to convict a one-arm negro out of nine people charged with murder. The dignity and majesty of the law must be maintained, even if it does have to hang a negro or two occasionally." The Orangeburg sessions had a heavy docket and all the capital cases r?sultpd in an acnnital. pxcent the one ca*e mentioned. ? Thfe Union correspondent of the G'harhas jurisdiction concerning the bodies of men who are drowned in a river which forms the boundary line between two counties. The coroner of Union received a letter from Governor Richardson recently in reference to such a case, which happened in Broad river sometime ago. The matter has been referred to Solicitor McDonald, of the Sixth circuit. ? A famous case of longstanding is again brought to light in Columbia. Amos D. Williams owned $116,000 of Blue Ridge Railroad Bonds, guaranteed by the State. The pay ment of the bonds fell on the State, and it took them up, and issued instead Revenue bond Script. The bond script was subsequently declared illegal by the courts. The State has Mr. Williams good bonds locked up in its yault. Mr. Williams now asks that the State take back its worthless "bond script" and give him back his bonds. Treasurer Bamberg refuses to do it, and suit is brought for their recovery. ?Union correspondence Greenville News: The Farmers' Alliance met here on Friday in a large number. From what your correspondent can learn, the principal topic of discussion was in regard to making arrangements as to where they should buy their supplies. They say that they are willing to pay a difference between cash and time prices, but that they areunwilling to pay the exorbitant per centage that they have heretofore done. For instance, tpn nor ppnt iq thfi intorouf nnirl fnr money and they don't intend to pay any more on supplies. ? Col. T. D. Gillespie died at his home in Columbia last Thursday morning. He was born in Charlotte, N. C.", on the 8th of May, 1828. He took a prominent part in the war as an officer in the Hornet's Nest Rifles, of that city. Reentered the service of the Southern Express Company in 1862 as agent at Charlotte. In 1867 he was transferred to Charleston and remained there until 1870, when he was appointed to the important position of superintendent of the Eastern Division, embracing the Carolinas and a part of Virginia and Georgia. Several years ago he was compelled, by failing health, to relinquish a portion of his duties, but retained his position as superintendent at the earnest request of the company, who were unwilling to lose his valuable services. He was buried in Charlotte on Friday. ? The Beaufort county ex-ofticers who have been jailed for contempt of court in refusing to yield their offices to the newly elected officers, removed and securely hid the county records previous to their incarceration. It is stated that ex-Probate monstrous, and to give up his records is to furnish the most criminating evidence. T. C. Brown and F. E. Wilder, ex-county commissioners, who refuse to obey Judge Aldrich's order and vacate in favor of the commissioners elect, have been ordered to jail by the judge. Graham, the ex-coroner, was committed to jail several days ago for contempt of the judge's order. Meantime the county claimants of Beau^ * * . a luii/ uic iu uuuuic ucuiuse mey cannot gei their money until the matter is settled and the records have been surrendered tcT~ the proper custodians. United States Pensions.?The magnitude of the pension business of the United States Government may be inferred from the following statement: Commiasioner of Pensions Black has notified Secretary Vilas that there will be a deficiency in the amount necessary for the payment of pensions of the fiscal year of about $8,000,000, and asks that necessary ; steps be taken to secure immediate action by Congress to prevent the stoppage of . the payment of pensions. The sum ap- . propriated by Congress for the payment . of pensions for the year ending June 80, 1880, was $70,113,000, and of this amount $46,709,321 was expended during the seven f months ending January 3^ 1880, leaving only $32,473,670 available for the remain- 1 ing five months. During the seven months ending Janu- ? ary31, there were issued 84,642 pension ' certificates of various kinds, which is ^ 2,449 in excess of the same period last ( year, and the commissioner says he knows 1 sf no reason why the same ratio of issue J should not continue during the ensuing 1 five months of this year. The commis- 1 doner explains that these increased dis- 0 iursements resulted in part from the op- 9 ^rations of the act of Congress of June, ? 1888, granting arrears of pensions to wid- J jws of the war of 1861 and of the latter ict increasing the rate of allowance for toal and partial deafnesss, and also from :he fact that the value of pensions upon 1Jie rolls is being constantly increased. a POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP. ' ?Hon Samuel J. Randall, writes to a : friend at Birmingham,saying: "Anything j that comes up in Congress calculated to ' promote the substantial progress of the South, or to develop its resources, will find a firm friend in me." ? Seymour E. Smith, the colored candidate for Congress, who it will be remembered in the last election made the race against the Hon. George D. Tillman, in the Second South Carolina District, and was defeated, has abandoned the contest which at one time he had determined to make. ? The efforts of the negroes of Fidelity, j O., to obtain their rights under the law in securing seats for their children in the [ white public schools, has failed. Two juries have refused to convict white persons indicted for obstructing them when they tried to enter their children in the white schools, and the trial of all the Other cases has been imstnnned. ? Gen. Longstreet is reporte<l as having recently said: "In my opinion the key note of the new administration is conservative. Besides this, I know that such a policy will be the natural'choice of Gen. Harrison, for I believe he will be the president of the entire people." Longstreet is in Petersburg, the guest of Gen. Mahone. His visit is regarded as a part of Mahone's cabinet programme. ? Although Senator Ingalls is the Republican leader in the United States Senate, his name is never mentioned in connection with a Cabinet portfolio. This is probably due to the depreciatory manner in which the Kansas Senator spoke of the president-elect while the latter was a f candidate in the Chicago convention, and which remark was used for all it was ) worth in the past campaign. ? It has been decided by the Legislature 'Soft Pennsylvania that the question of prd- ' ?? hibition shall be submitted to a popular vote at a special election next June. The Prohibitionists have already begun to prepare for a prodigious campaign during the next five months in every part of the State. But the returns of last November's elections, when they had candidates in the field, do not promote the belief that they will be able to carry the State or any precinct of any of its counties in June. ? Anthony Higgins, the newly elected Republican Senator from Delaware, the first Republican ever sent to the Senate from that State, has been invited to Indianapolis by Gen. Harrison, and it is said he will wield much influence with the new administration, being a close personal friend of the President-elect. He is already attempting to have Gen. James II. Wilson, of Wilmington, Del., made secretary of war. Wilson is said to be the ci.valry officer who captured Jefferson Davis?about the only recommendation with the Republicans he seems to have. ? There are plenty of Congressmen from the South who do not look with confidence upon the policy which Harrison will pursue towards their section. Nobody knows anything about his plans. He keeps entirely "mum." While the Northern men are < instantly telling?saying to those Southerners?"You have nothing to fear from Mr. Harrison," many of the members from Southern States are apprehensive. They believe that there will be Federal supervision of Federal elections. A stormy session is anticipated in the next Congress. Men may prate peace, but the signs are that there are troublous times ahead. Boulanger's Career to Date.?Gen. Boulanger was born at Itennes in 1837. His mother was an English woman. His father, who was a wealthy lawyer, sent him to the military college at St. Cyr, and after he had been graduated as a sub-lieutenant, he was assigned to the 1st Algerian Tiralleurs. He fought in Algiers, Cochin China and at the battle of Solferino, where he was severely wounded. He was made a captain and in 18G6 he became a professor at St. Cyr. He fought with much bravery in the Franco-Prussian war, and during the siege of Paris rose to the rank of colonel, and in a few years became a brigadier general, with a cavalry command. He took part in the Yorktown celebration in 1881, and afterward served in Tunis. Gen. Boulanger was appointed minister of war in the DeFreycinct cabinet, and carried out a policy of reform and of warliku preparation. \V<hen the Goblet min- ifitcy 1'"" h" tvif t-ItH frnm Part tn thr w r command of the thirteenth army corps, from which he was deposed for insubordination, and early in 1888 he was retired by the Tirard government. Boulanger then announced himself a candidate for deputy in two departments, and carried them by large majorities. In the Chamber he proposed a revision of the constitution and a dissolution of the Legislature, but both his propositions were rejected. He fought a duel with M. Flonuet. the nremier. and was wounded. aud a collapse of the movement in his favor was confidently looked for. But in August last he secured enormous majorities as a candidate for deputy in three departments, and, although the government sought to break the force of the reaction by bringing forward the project for constitutional revision, his strength increased. He announced himself a candi- ? date for the department of the Seine; on Sui day he obtained a plurality of 81,000 in the election, and now poses as the hero of France.?[Philadephia Record. Ha wes in Court.?Richard Hawes, the noted murderer iu Birmingham, Alabama, jail, to protect whom from a party of lynchers, the sheriffs posse killed nine of the lynching party, was arraigned in court on the 22nd of last month, to answer the charge of murdering his wife and child. He pleaded not guilty. After the arraignment and the pleading, the case was postponed until the 28th. On the 28th Hawes was brought into court, and Col. E. T. Taliaferro, the distinguished criminal lawyer, entered a motion for a change of venue, presenting the usual affidavits, etc., and making a strong argument in favor of his client. The prosecution resisted that motion in an argument the same afternoon. No decision has yet been rendered. A Birmingham dispatch ofSundpy says: The latest development in the Hawes murder case is the capture, by two of the Age-Herald reporters, of a man supposed to have been an eye-witness of the murders. The reporters got on the man's trail and followed him two thousand miles, finally capturing him in Middleton, Tenn. The man claims to be a twin brother of the man who saw the killing of Mrs. Hawes, but his brother told him he saw a man strike Mrs. Hawes with a club. The lady then ran and Fannie Bryant caught and finished her. He also saw them carry the bodies of Mrs. Hawes and her little erirl through the woods in sacks to East Lake. This testimony will probably have an important bearing on the trial, and in bringing Fannie Bryant in the case. He says that two white men assisted llawes to'riispose of the bodies. Corresitomleiire of the Yorkville Enquirer. FOKT MILL MATTERS. Fokt Mill, February 4?Having beeD very much delayed by the recent rains, the farmers in this vicinity are busily engaged in sowing spring oats. Comparatively little small grain was sown in the fall, and that department of farm work is now very much behind. On the 31st ultimo, Miss Lucinda Farris, daughter of W. N. Karris, was married to Mr. Sylvester Coltharp by Rev. E. G. Price. Another marriage took place among the inhabitants of Factory Ilill yesterday. It was a runaway match. The contracting parties were Mr. Oscar Bass and a daughe ter of Mr. S. X. Meritt. They drove over into Lancaster county and had the kuot tied by Trial Justice Iloughey, of BelAift, Whether it is a peculiarittf.dn the waty, or the trouble is in theSfo'od, we ire ;unable to say, but it is a remarkable facf that no less than twenty marriages have occurred among the factory operatives at this place within the past year. Unka ness of Trade in Georgia.? rhe Augusta correspondent of the Chareston World writes: "A merchant, disjussing the quiet tone of all transactions, lays the Farmers' Alliance is largely responsible for the feelings of uncertainty ,vhieh has resulted in so many failures of country merchants. The plans of the aliance, are, of course, secret, hut their vorks are evident when a merchant in heir midst concludes to go to the wall ather than take the chances which the illiance's new methods would entail. He ays further there are hardly any spring rops planted. In oats, about this section, ie does not believe there is 10 per cent, of he crop of 1888 in sight. ? A company has been formed in Oolumiia for the purpose of mining, building nd developing the Columbia canal. * i ? * ^ -?? ?^