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Scraps and ,facts. ? Says a Manilla dispatch of Wed nesdav: A hundred iusurgents, several miles from Fernando de La Un- 1 iou, ambushed ten men of the Third 1 cavalry tfho were escorting a provision train. The Americans scattered and while returning to camp one man was killed. The iusurgents captured four horses and a quantity of provisions. A subsequent reconnoissance of the locality developed the fact that there were entrenchments and a force of Filipinos, estimated to number 800 men. The Third cavalry is preparing to drive the insurgents out. ? Kentucky's two state governments, completely officered and each claiming to be the regular and legal officials, are in Fraukfort, and will remain, each claiming the right to administer the affairs of state uutil the question is adjudicated in the courts. As anticipated, the banks refuse to recognize either of the contending factious aud as a result both are without money, and the state funds are as securely tied up as they could be. Legislators, county as well as state officials, and all kinds of contractors with the state will have to wait until somebody is authorized by a decision of the courts to pay them, and the state will have to wait on what is due it until the courts say who is authorized to receive it. The Demo- ; cratic state officers have opened offices in the State hotel. The charitable and penal state institutions are amoug 1 the suflerers. ? Says a London dispatch of Wed- 1 nesday : The rapidly growing casual- j ty lists are being classified as quickly , as possible. They show that up to this morning the total number of casu- < alties was 12,834, of which 2,319 were ! added during the last fortnight. Ten , of the eleven Scotch regiments lost < about 2,050 men, and eight of the Irish j regiments 2,000. Then come the Glou- . cesters and Nortbumberlauds, while of 1 nearly 200 Colonials, the Royal Cana- i dians lost 121 and the Victoria mounted contingent 26. The casualties are < classified thus: Killed, 1,993; wound- , ed, 6,838; missing, 3,173; disease 830. j Lord Roberts has forwarded an additional Msf r?f f.hp Rriti.-,h casualties dur- ' iDg the three days fighting at Paardeburg, showing 12 killed, 82 wouDded, ' and 4 missing, and including seven ! officers and four Canadian privates wounded. ? The secretary of war has before ( him a difficult problem, requiring a | decision whether or not the United States is now in a state of war. In time of peace ; but not in time of war, 1 any United States soldier may pur- ! ? chase his discharge from the army < upon the conditions prescribed by j law. More than two score applica- , tions are now before the department awaiting a decision. If it is held that ' this is a time of peace, then, incident- 1 ally, that decisiou might carry with it ' the reduction of the pay of all i the soldiers now in the Philippines by nearly one-half, a contingency , that cannot be contemplated without ^ apprehension. There are equally dangerous complications lurkiug in the I other proposition, namely, that the 1 country is in a state of war, so that it < is regarded by the officials of the war | department as unfortunate that a de- j ci>ion on this point should be forced ( from them at this lime. ? Says a Charlotte special of Thurs- , day to the Atlauta Journal: Yesterday afternoon a Mecklenburg county farm- ' er sold to a Charlotte cotton buyer 20 1 bales of cotton of the crop of 1875, 1 which he had had stored in a barn | ever since. He received 9 cents per , pouud for the staple, the total aggregating about $720. This transaction , furnishes a basis for un interesting calculation on the cottou line. If the ! farmer had marketed his 20 bales as I soon as ginned in 1875, he would have ? received 17 cents u pound for it, or about $1,360. a> the price in 1875 ranged from 13 1 16 to 17 1 2 cents; 1 had he invested his $1,350 at 6 per 1 cent, interest and saved the proceeds, I he would now have something like < ^OO oo tho nor msirlcotinp- of his 20 , bales of eotton. Thus it is seeu t hat , iu this case it did not pay to "hold cotton" eveu though no loss bad been sustained iu weight, which, however, would amount to considerable iu a 1 period of 25 years. The farmer's ae- I tual loss was $2,900. ? Fifty tons of candy have been sent to the soldiers in the Philippine islands by the commissary department of the army duriug the last three months, and large amounts to the soldiers in Cuba aud Puerto Rico. This is done upou the advise of the medical as well as liue officers of the army, because it is a physiological fact that iu the tropics a moderate consumption of confectionary promotes health and satisfies a natural and not unhealthy craving of the stomach. Candy was never furnished to the United States array befoie, although it is commonly used as a ration by the British and French troops iu the tropics. The larger part of the shipments are chocolate creams aud Itmon and other acidulated drops, which are hermetically sealed in one pound tius of oval shape to fit the pocket of a soldier's uuiform. The : candy is manufactured iu New York especially for the commissary department, and is little more than sugar and lemon or lime juice. The mixture of sweet and acids iu that form is not only more grateful to the palate, but healthful to the stomach. , ? The New York Work publishes the following statement by Geueral Miles: "Cronje's surrender was expected and it was all that could be expected when a force of 3,000 holds out for 1 1. no nnn i over ? H6CII a^UlUSU a 1VIVC vr? W,v.vv. trained troops. The effect of General Cronje's surrender will be to i strengthen the cause of the Trans- j vaal patriots. You will observe J that the first reports said that General Cronje had 9,000opposed to the British. But only 3,000 surrendered. 1 What became of the other 6,000? i The iuiportauce of the surrender under such circumstances only illustrates the fighting valor of this handful of Boer patriots numbering only 3.000. against 50,000 of English picked soldiers. The effect of Cronje's surrender will be to strengthen rather than weaken the Boer patriots' cause in this war. We cannot help but admire those Boers, no matter where our sys pathies may he. In my position it would not be diplomacy for me to saytoo much ; but whoever is in the right, we must admire the 3,000 patriots who stood off for 10 days 50,000 of the British army." (The ^lorkrillr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1900. Here is a good story that Senator Tillman told George Fred Williams. The Democratic leader of Massachusetts spoke in melancholy resignation about his fate; which had, be said, compelled him to relinquish his respectability in the minds of people who form their opinions from certain newspaper reports. "Well, Williams," said the redoubtable South Carolina senator, who had suffered that way himself, "when I was a boy I discovered that I could always tell, while walking through an orchard in midwinter, just which trees bore good fruit. There wouldn't be any apples on the trees at that season, of course; but under the best ones I found the ground covered with sticks ard stones. It puzzled me at first, but I quickly found that only the trees bearing good apples suffered the attacks of small boys with missiles. And in the same way you will find that the men whose work is bearing good fruit attract the stings and arrows of detraction."?Boston Post. And as we look upon the great piles of slanderous arrows lying at the foot of the McLaurin tree, we are the more impelled to wonder at the amazing quality of the fruit thereon. Senator rillmau himself is not the target for so many poisonous missiles as is Senator McLaurin. T'Utt of ripnorul flpnnift on ?~ X LIU out t VUUVI v? wuvt V?? w> ?r-j curred on the 17th anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill, and this fact adds considerably to the joy that the British nation is expressing over the circumstance. Some of the military experts express the opinion that had Cronje not been hampered with the women and children of his army, it is quite probable that he would have been able Lo escape from General Roberts. There is much surprise at the fact that the surrendered army numbered less than 1,000 men. The British estimated the army originally at not less than 8,000. [n the aggregate, the small squads previously captured did not include more than 600 or 700 men, and whether the original estimate was far too $reut, or the killed and wounded, during the 10 day's fighting, of which there has been no statement, makes up for the balance, is not yet clear. The Boer army numbered about 65,300 men. According to the best authority obtainable, the killed and wounded, outside of what Cronje may bave lost, does not exceed 1,500. Iucludiug all known losses, aud a liberal jstimate for disafl'ections, the effective Boer forces in the field must still be something like 55,000, and although the disaster of last Tuesday was heavy, still the original effectiveness of the Boers does not seem to have been jeriously impaired. Even with the capture of Cronje's army, the Boer prisoneis in the hands of the British lo not outnumber the British prisoners in the hands of the Boers by more Lhau 1,000. The most serious result of the capture of Cronje, so far as the Boers are concerned, is the release of 3>me 60,000 men, British operating in the west, who may now march against Joubert at LadyBmith, and drive him out of Natal. The impression has prevailed all the while that Cronje's army was composed principally of Free Staters. It has since developed that all but about 1,500 are from the Transvaal. ? There is still more or less talk of European intervention and mediation in the Transvaal war; but as jet nothing definite has developed. As to whether there will be any intervention, there is only information upon which to venture a random guess. The chances seem to be against intervention. The principal questiou of iuterest, so far as the world in general is concerned, is the disposition of the sovereignty of the South African republics. Heretofore it has not been exactly clear whether this sovereignty has been vested in these republics or in the British government. The South African republics claim their own sovereignty, of course, aud the balance of the world outside of great Britain is inclined to recognize that claim. As matters now stand, Great Britain recoguizes Boer sovereignty. That is, 3he assumes that she is fighting a free people and is not claiming that she is trying to put down a rebellion. There is a natural international feeling against the principle of acquiring sovereignty by conquest. This principle is based upon the common instinct of self preservation, as strong in sovereign gov eriiments as in individuals. Although j Great Britain has not aunounced it to I be her purpose, it is not difficult to see i that so soon as she completes the con ] (piest of the South Africau republics, < she will arrange to appropriate their | sovereignty. And here will arise, if it i arises at all, the quarrel upon which t snch combination of nations as may ] see fit to interfere will base their action. If it were not for Great Brilaiu's powerful navy, it would be pretty safe to assume that Russia and France ' would certainly have a say ; but not- j withstanding all that has been said to j the contrary, there is reason to believe < that Germany and the United States, 1 (the latter country as represented by J the administration) have a secret unMtiiU rieool Tlrifain iinH UCISlttUUlU^ Willi MIVUI. A/I . ?MIU, | she is going to settle with the South ( African republics just as she sees tit. I ? ? . i ? The time has beeD wheu conti- < guity of territory couuted for a great 1 deal iu its desirability. The time has j been when distance was an argumeut against acquisition. Some people are ( still using this argument; hut they are | evidently arguing without due consid- i eration of the eternal fitness of things. ' At the time of the Louisana purchase, 1 New Orleans was several weeks from j Washington, and when California was j acquired San Francisco was uo closer, j The distance from Washington to ( the furthermost limit of Alaska is only 1 a few hundred miles less than the dis- f tauce from San Francisco to Manila, J and one can uow go from Washington ( to Manila in about one-fourth of the * time required to go from Washington I to San Francisco in the fifties. We 1 have never heard of anybody making 1 even a suggestion that would indicate ( a willingness to give up Alaska, yet as a matter of fact Alaska is not as con- < tiguous to the United States as are the ' Philippine islands. It is separated by < the territory of another nation, while the only road there is to the Philippines is free and open. , j PORTO RICAN TARIFF BILL. < The Porto Rican tariff bill passed 8 the house last Wednesday by a vote of ' 172 to 161, after being amended in , such a way as to effect its practical ] operation without aflfVctiug the princi- ] pies involved. t The main issue was whether Porto ' Rico, being a part of the United States, ? was not entitled to the same treatment with regard to taxation as any other state cr territory of the Union. The -] Porto Rican bill, as originally introduced by Mr. Payn, chairman of the ways and means committee, provided t for free trade between Porto Rico and 1 the United States: but afterwards 1 1 I Mr. Payn changed his mind and introduced a bill providing that that 25 * per cent, of the regular tariff should be levied on United States goods imported iuto Porto Rico, and on Porto Rican goods imported iuto the United Slates. As a reason for the change, be claimed that he had more information than wheu th# first bill was introduced, and that the tariff was absolutely necessary to raise revenue for the iuterual needs of Porto Rico. While the Democrats urged no objection against the first bill, they, as a matter of course, aligned themselves solidly agaiust the second. They made no effort, to controvert the claim that Porto Rico stands in ueed of revenue ; but they urged the manifest injustice aud unconstitutionality of imposing a tax on the trade of one part of the United States with another. The position of the Democrats on this issue was so strong that numerous Republicans declined to follow the lead of Mr. Payne. There was a strong suspicion that the sugar trust was at the back of the Republican propositiou ; but the thing on its face was rather too much for the representative who represents an honest, intelligent constituency, and this caused rebellion iu the party ranks. After several conferences, iu which it was finally agreed to reduce the tariff to 15 per ceut. and restrict the operation f of the law to only two years of time, enough of the objecting Republicans were won over to secure the passage v of the bill. These complications, how- t ever, caused delay, aud Mr. Payne t was forced to request the postpone- ^ final wnlo fn OJ. hriliru iiftpr ^ UIUU ui IUC uuui ?wvw vw ? - w ihe litne originally set. The Democrats managed to secure a t vote on the hill originally introduced t by the Republicans as a substitute, s This substitute was defeated by a vote of 175 to 159. * On the final passage of the bill, H^atwole, ofMinuesota; Littlefield, c of Maine; Lorimer, of Illinois; Mc- j Call, of Massachusetts and Crum- a packer, of Indiana, Republicans, v voted with the Democrats. Dovey c and Meyer, of Louisiana; Sibley, of 6 Pennsylvania, and Deveries of Cal- J iforuia, Democrats, voted with the j Republicans. Sibley has always t een a protectionist, and it is easy v to assume that the others voted p as they did because of the competition h of Porto Rican products with the products of their states. 1 Mr. Berry, of Kentucky, defined the ? difference between the first bill propos- t ed by the Republicans and the last bill ), as the difference between petty and i ^rand larceny. Notwithstanding the emporary nature of the bill, there is euson to believe that in passing it, the Republicans have done a good day's work for the Democrats. In fact, the passage of this bill may be very justly egarded as the most serious mistake he Republicans have made during the present session of congress. MEKE-MKNT10N. It is reported thut the union jack tnd the American flag were floated side by side at Durban last Wednesday in honor of the British victory at Paardeburg. Roberts captured >nly 13 5-pounder cannon with the Boers, and the question is, what has leoome of the big guns. George Williams, a young Negro man, killed bis mother while they were followiug ha unrncii i\f I ha hiwhnfirt unit fttlhar uv vw.ruv v. o the grave Dear Pleasaut Hill, Ga., ast Tuesday. The boy ordered his Dother to slop her mauifestatious of jrief. She paid no atleDlion to him ind then he shot and killed her. Steamers from Houolula continue to jring Dews of ravages by the plague. The cold weather has almost caused an oyster famine iu Chesupeake jay. Dr. Leyds, the Transvaal igent at Brussels, claims that there ire enough Europeans on their way to South Africa to increase the Boer irmies to 100,000 men. Elijah Stanton, aged 82 years, and Jules Vlaner, aged 60 years, both of the Confederate home at Austin, Texas, became involved in a quarrel over the doer war last Tuesday, and as the remit of the quarrel, Maner stubbed Stanton to death. It develops bat Mr. Parslow, the Mafeking corresiondent of the Londou Standard, who vas thought to have been killed at Maeking by the Boers, was murdered by Lieutenant Murchison of the British irmy. A London dispatch says ;hat Kaiser William telegraphed his joogratulations to Queen Victoria ami he Prioce of Wales on the occasion jf the British victory at Paardeburg. March cotton contracts reached ).05 on the New York Exchange last Wednesday. A fearful storm, centring in Illinois, Northern Indiana tnd Eastern Missouri, has been raging hroughout the country during the past "ew days. The surgeon general jf the United States marine hospital trvice has information that the buJonic plague has appeared in one of ,he islands off the coast of Yucatan. This is the nearest approach to the United States so far reported. doth Taylor aod Beckham are making ippointmeDts in Kentucky and their espective senates are confirming the ;ame. THE SURRENDER OF CR0NJE. Hie Grim Old Boer Had to Give Up His 4,000 to 40,000 Men. The British camp was awakened by he continued rattle of rifle fire at dayjreak on last Tuesday, and the uews irrived that the Canadians, while milding a trencn quite ciose to ine oemy, were fusiladed at a range of 50 fards. The Canadians gallantly workid forward and occupied the edge of he trenches along the river, entirely iufiladiug the Boers. This movement vas followed by a cessation of the fire, xeept an occasional solitary report. Suddenly a regiment stationed on ,he crest of a hill perceived a while lag and burst into cheers, thus first innounciDg the surrender of General Jronje. Shortly afterward a note eacbed Lord Roberts bringing tidings >f the Boers' unconditional surrender. General Prettymau was sent to accept he surrender. About 7 o'clock a small group of nen appeared in the distance, crossing he plain toward headquarters. The alter, being apprised of General >onje's approach, Lord Roberts went o the front in the modest carl in vhicb he sleeps, and ordered a.guard >f the Seaforihs to liue up. The rroup of horsemen then appeared. )n General Pettyman's right rode an Iderly man, clad in a rough, short >vercoat, white-brimmed hat, ordinary weed trousers and brown shoes. It vas the redoubtable Cronje. His face vas burned almost black, and his :urly beard was tinged with gray. When the Boer general arrived the British general advanced gravely and lindly saluted the Boer commander, ie then motioned General Cronje to a eat in a chair which bad been brought or his accommodation, and the two ifficers conversed through an interpreer. General Cronje afterward breakasted with the British officers. After announcing bis intention to urrender unconditionally, General >onje requested safe passage for the vomen and children with his army to heir homes. He also requested that lis wife, private secretary and servants ie allowed to accompany him wherever ie should be sent. These requests vere granted and General Pretty man vas assigned to accompany Cronje to o the Cape. It was understood also hat the captured army would also be eut to Cape Town. iovel Kuiiroau case. Augusta Herald . At the LexiDgtou ourt this week ao interesting suit, the irst of its kind, is to be heard. In 897 the Carolina legislature passed an ,ct providing a peualty of $100 per day m railroads buying up aud operating ompeting lines, half of the amount to ;o to the complainant and the other lalf to go to the state. Messrs. Isaac Sdwards and J. Wm. Mitchell, of latesburg, have, under this act, enered suit against the Southern railway for buying up aud operating that lortion of the old Carolina Midland ietween Batesburg and Perry, wbicb 3 alleged to come within the scope of be act. Tbe Southern thus finds itelf sued for operating a line which, wing to the opposition of the people, he legislature recently declined to al3W them to tear up. It is a case of aany unique features. LOCAL AFFAXHS. , INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. P. Harrison, Cashier?Publishes a report of the condition of the Loan and Savings Bank, York vide, S. C., at the close of business February 28, 1000. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Is now in the northern markets attending the spring openings of ladies', misses' and children's millinery, and will return about March 10, and bring a part of the beauties in millinery with her. She is agent for the Charlotte steam laundry. W. C. Elder, Agent, Guthriesville, S. C.? Offers to send by mail, postage paid, 200 tablets of "Our Native Jlerbs" for 81. T. B. MeClain?Wants to buy, for cash, 1,000 cords of first-class pine wood, and says to see him immediately. Kerr-lvimball Live Stock Co.?Say that on next Monday they will have a load of mules and horses at their stable in Yorkville. SWEARING ON THE HIGHWAY. The following act, amended at the SCOSiWU VI IUC uoo^w.j vwm. ly adjourned, is of especial as well as general interest: That any person who shall, without just cause, or while under the influence, or feigoing to be under the influence, of intoxicating liquors, engage in any boisterous conduct, or who shall, without just cause or excuse, discbarge auy gun, pistol or other firearm while upon, or within fifty yards of any public road or highway, except upon his own premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred doWars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. Robt. S. Withers and family, of Blacksburg, are at his father's, Mr. R. J. Withers, in Yorkville. Mrs. Sarah Eccles, of Yorkville, who has beeu quite sick for the past two weeks, is thought to be improving. ^^Miss Mildred Hobbs, who for sometime past has been engaged as a nurse in the state hospital at Columbia, is at home. Mr. J. B. Pegram, of the firm of Riddle & Pegarm, is confined to bis room with la grippe, and during bis absence, Mr. W. M. Propst has charge of the books. Mrs. T. M. Dobson left last Tuesday for the northern markets, and while there will attend the large spriog openings and buy her spring stock of millinery. Mr. R. M. Bratton, of Betbesda township, has been drawn to serve as a grand juror at the next term of the Uuited States court, which convenes in Charleston on the first Wednesday in April. Miss Mattie Dorsett returned to ber home near Fodder last Saturday, after an absence of several months in Georgia, where she has been conducting a flourishing school. Miss Dorsett expects to resume ber duties in July. Mr. M. F. Jones, of the Ganson Dry Goods company, left last Thursday afternoon for New York for the purpose of considering a proposition from a large wholesale dry goods house. We regret to learn of this, as we hoped to see Mr. Jones in charge of the (janson Dry Goods company's affairs again at an early day. Mr. B. W. CautheD, for several years past agent for the Caroliua and North-Western railroad at this place, has heen notified of the iutention of the management to send him to take charge of the ageucy at Maiden, N. C. Mr. Cauthen is highly thought of by a mujority of the Yorkville patrons of the Caroliua and North-Western road, and a number of them have signed a petition to General Manager Nichols asking for his retention at this place. As to what effect the petition may have has not yet developed. SALESDAY FOR MARCH. Next Monday issalesday for March, and according to the record of the past, there should be a busy time of it in Yorkville. For one thing, there will be a large number of mules on the market, and as the season when mules are especially needed about planting operations is well on, the probability is that there will be a good many buyers here to see about those mules. For another thing, the farmers have appointed this day upon which to give still further consideration to the fertilizer question, and whether or not there is any organized action with regard to fertilizers, it is quite likely that some contracts will be made between dealers and users. Then salesday in March is usually a very busy day anyway, and the larger the crowd the merrier. WITHIN THE TOWN. The second visit of the Herald Square Opera company to Yorkville was not so auspicious as the first. The performance took place on the evening of the first day of Lent, and then there was a drenching rain which also helped to cut down the attendance. The presentation of Said Pasha, however, W89 good. The music was most enjoyable, and the audience generally was amused at the comic leatures so predominant in ibe piece from beginning to end. Arc lights have been installed at the jail and the Narrow Gauge depot. The installation of the public system is still held back by the fact that on account of the illness of the intendant, the town council has not yet signed the necessary contract. The terms, however, are agreed upon, and no friction is anticipated. When The Enquirer went to press it was understood that the contract would probably be signed at a meeting to have been held late yesterday afternoon. Mr. McClain has everything in readiness so that be can suspend every lamp contracted for i within a few hours, and it is not im probable that the public system may be put in operation for the first time tonight. BARBED WIRE FENCES. Following is the very latest legisla- ' tion aguinst barbed wire fences. It is entitled "an act to afford protection against certain barbed and edged wire fencing," and reads : Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of South ? Carolina, That from and after the passage of this act, all persons or corporations building or using a barbed or edged wire fence, within fifty feet of any public highway, shall nail or place a plank or pole on or near the top of said fence: Provided, That the said plank or pole be not required when there is such an embankment at the airlo nf the rnnH as shall In fhn inrlc. M,MW v* %,"w " ? J o ment of the road overseer of such road, render it safe from injury to stock traveling said road without such plank or pole being on said fence. Sec. 2. That all persons violating the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be puuished by a fine of not exceeding $100, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days. Sec. 3. That all acts or parts of acts in conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed, especially the acts on same subject approved February 21, 1894, and February 21, 1898. BRITISH AND BOERS. Although it would be difficult to say *to what extent the interest goes, there is probably more interest in Yorkville just now in the struggle of the Boers against the British than in any other general topic. There are quite a number of people who read the war dispatches the first thing, and although there are a few who sympathize with the British, the* preponderance of sympathy is undoubtedly on the side of the Boers. It is based on the under dog principle, as a rule, and upon admiration for the heroic manner in which a handful of farmers have been holding their own against the mighty British empire. When the war broke out,'there was a general feeling of indignation against the British on account of what appeared upon its face to be the manifest injustice of their cause. It cannot be correctly stated that there has been aoy considerable change of opinion in the light of fuller information; but it is a fact that the cause of the war? the merits of the quarrel?is no longer * receiving me same aueuuuu us tu first. As is usual UDder such circumstances, people are now interesting themselves only in developments. STRICTLY TWO DOLLARS. The time in which annual subscrip- v* lions to The Enquirer will be accepted at $1.75 under our present club offers, expires on March 13, next. On and after the date mentioued, we will, in the case of every new subscriber, or renewal of an old subscription, require the full subscription price of $2.00 per annum. As a matter of fact, taking into consideration the service furnished, and ignoring the increased cost of white paper, the subscription price of The Enquirer, is lower, perhaps, than ^ any other county paper in the state. The increased price in white paper has compelled a number of papers that have heretofore been doing all their own editing and printing, to fall back on the much cheaper service that is being offered by the ready print concerns. While the publishers of The Enquirer have no idea of yielding to any such make-shift as this, they fully realize the legitimate demands following the increased price of all kinds of materials, and the necessity of requiring a subscription price that is in some ^ degree commensurate with the service furnished. Our friends will please take notice of the situation as outlined, and not ask us to furuisb the paper for less than $2.00 a year after March 13. Those who desire to subscribe now at the regular ciuo price 01 si.yd, may ao so in welcome. EXCITEMENT IN COTTON. The loug anticipated boom io cotton is beginning to develop on the New York market at a lively rate. Whether New York and Liverpool have been slow to believe that cotton ought to be higher or not, they huve certainly been ? slow to let the price advance any more rapidly than they could help. But uow, after most of the cotton is out of the hands of the producers, the situation is daily growing more interesting, especially for the bulls and the bears. Following is the Associated Press story * of Wednesday's doing on the New York Cotton Exchange : "The wildest excitement witnessed on the Cotton Exchange in recent years prevailed, today, transactions reaching the enormous total of about one million bales. The shorts were uothing less than furious to cover. At times so intense was the excitement, brokers would be offering to buy cotton at 2 or 3 points above the price at which others were offering to sell it. While the demand was general and largely from European sources, the feature of the local market was the insatiable demand from a Wall street < concern, reputed to be heavily short of March contracts and also reputed to have been a heavy seller yesterday in keeping with a large number of bearish dispatches which they sent forth