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Scraps audi .facts. ? The United States Supreme Court has decided that a railroad corporation leasing and operating a road in another State, does not thereby adopt the citizenship of the leased road, and can only be sued in its own State. ? The original manuscript of the Book of Mormon is said to be in possession of an old follower of Joseph Smith. He lives in Missouri, and he and his son believe that it is inspired. They do not believe in polygamy, and long ago left the fold. ? General Sherman in his annual report recommends that the Government sell a number of its old posts and forts now useless, repeal the law limiting the number of enlisted men j to 25,000, and suggests that no soldier be re- j quired to perform menial service unless he re- i ceives extra compensation therefor. ? The press ana public men or iexas ueny the report that public sentiment there favors a division of the State, and the creation of three additional States out of her territory, i The papers declare that no man could be j elected to office who was suspected of favoring a division of the State, so strong is public opinion against it. ? Thousands of girls in Germany, Norway and Switzerland, cultivate their hair as carefully as- a farmer would his crops; and once a year, when the hair merchant, generally an old woman, comes around, there is a lively time sheariug. Swiss girls have the finest hair, and the prices vary from twenty-five cents to thirty-five dollars an ounce. ? It is stated that no Republican President has ever been elected by a majority of the popular vote. They have all been minority Presidents and were installed by virtue of the laws controlling elections, because they got a plurality of the votes cast. It was the law and not the voice of the people which gave them the office. ? The last number of the Scientific American has a reference to "The famous (and infamous) palmetto," as among the woods exhibited at Atlanta. South Carolina subscribers to the American will make a note of this. A journal that can not describe an exhibition without lugging in a gratuitous insult to a Southern State, is hardly worthy of the patronage of Southern men. State press, please pass it around. ? On Thursday night of last week, the Republican State Committee met in Portland, Maine, and accepted the resignation of the Hon. James G. Blaine as chairman and member. Resolutions were unanimously adopted expressive of regret at severing a connection so honorable to himself and so brilliantly identified with the achievements of the Republican party in the State and country, and assuring mm or continued rememorauce and admiration. ? In the criminal court at Washington, last Thursday, Judge Cox rendered a decision quashing all information against the star route thieves, and ordering the discharge of the defendants. In announcing his decision, he discussed principally the question as to the infamy of the crime charged. The conclusion arrived at was that the crime was infamous, and the accused should have been proceeded against by indictment instead of "information." ? Dr. J. R. Page, of Baltimore, invites attention to the use of fresh lemon juice as a most efficient means for the removal of mem braue from the throat, tonsils, etc., in diphtheria. In his hands (and he has had several of his profession brethren say the same) it has proved by far the best agent he has yet tried for the purpose. He applies the juice of the lemon by means of a camel's hair brush to the affected parts every two or three hours, and on eighteen cases on which he has used it, the effect has been satisfactory. ? A dispatch from London, dated the 10th instant, says that advices from Cape Coast Castle, Africa, dated October 16th, have been received there that the King of the Ashantees has killed 200 young girls for the purpose of using their blood for mixing mortar for the repair of one of the State buildings. The report of the massacre was received from a refugee who was to have been one of the victims. It receives some confirmation also in the fact that such wholesale massacres are kuowu to be the cnstom with the King. ? Mrs. Mary E. GifTen, formerly'Miss Galloway, of Due West, missionary of the A. R. Church, died in Cairo, Egypt, on the 16th day of October of inflammatory rheumatism. Just one week before she had given birth to a son, and for two days appeared to be doing wjII. But during the second day her hands began to pain her, then her arms, then the side, then the heart became affected, and the decline was rapid and unchecked. She leaves three children to the paternal care of her husband. ? It is stated that Mr. William W. Astor expended nearly ?100,000 in his recent canvass for Congress in the Eleventh Congressional District of New York city, and yet he was defeated in a Republican district by 3,000 majority. Mr. Roswell P. Flower, his successful Democratic opponent, claims not to have expended one cent in his canvass. It is probable that for every vote gained by Mr. Astor by his lavish expenditure, he lost two from the intelligent citizens of the district, because disgusted with his method for obtaining a seat in Congress. ? The deal in Confederate bonds is purely a matter of speculation. The Baltimore American puts it thus : "These bouds cost uothiug. They are worth their market val-1 ue ; and, if that can be increased, they pay | the holders as much profit as other securities. An advance of 50 cents a share on 1,000 j Confederate bonds means $500 made, just as j much as the same advance on 1,000 shares of B. & O., though the one costs only $2,500 to j buy, while the other could not be bought for j less than $190,000. The profit in one case j would be 20 per cent., in the other only a lit- I tie over one-fifth of one per cent." ? A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., dated j Saturday last, says: "Advices from Kansas i City say that Santa Fe trains have been delayed by a snow storm for nearly thirty six hours. It has been snowing bard in Western Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. From Lakin west to Pueblo there are now from six to eight inches of snow, while from La ! Junta west there are from eighteen to twenty J inches. The cuts are full of snow, and a strong wind is drifting it badly. This is the j heaviest snow storm in New Mexico and ; Colorado, that the Santa Fe Road has ever i encountered." ? A fire broke out in Richmond, Va., on ! Saturday morning last, in the engine room of | W. E. Tanner & Co.'s Metropolitan Iron | Works, and before it could be brought under ; control, the machine and pattern shops and f saw mills were totally destroyed. The loss is considerably over $100,000. The insurance on the property destroyed is $95,000. The Metropolitan Iron Works was one of the oldest establishments of the kind in Richmond, and gave employment to about 250 men. Business was exceedingly brisk in the | works, there being over 100 engines in course of construction. A serious loss, for which there is no adequate compensation, is the des truction of the firm's patterns and machinery, [ some of which cannot be replaced inside of a year. ? President Arthur is understood to have j commenced the preparation of his first annu-1 al message to Congress. He is expected,: among other things, to commend the 31 per cents. (Windoms,); to express himself in fa-; vor of the speedy reduction of the public debt; to speak well of the national banking i system ; to refer to the large and constantly ; increasing accumulations of silver dollars in 1 the treasury ; to praise the star route investigation unreservedly ; to condemn polyainy, and to touch approvingly on the movement for the admission of Dakota as a State and on the movement for a national baukrupt law. In speaking of our foreign relations he is expected to enunciate the revised version of the Monroe doctrine. Large appropriations for the increase and improvement of the array and navy, the nocessity for national aid to secure the education of tiie illiterate, are, it is said, to be spoken of. His friends say that it will be a state paper of which uo man need feel ashamed. YORK VILLE. S. C.: . THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 17, 1881. How to Order the Enquirer.?Write the name of the subscriber very plainly, give post-office, county and State, in full, and send the amount of the subscription by draft or post office money order, or enclose the money in a registered letter. Postage.?The Enquirer is aenvereci iree 01 postage to all subscribers residing in York county, who receive the paper at post-offices within the county; and to all other subscribers the postage is paid by the publisher. Our subscribers, no matter where they receive the paper, are not liable for postage, it being prepaid at the post-office here, without additional charge to the subscriber. Watch the Figures.?Thedateon the "addresslabel" shows the time to which the subscription is paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued, the date, mast be kept in advance. Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork, are cash in advance. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? James F. Walsh has been acquitted, in Charleston, of killing James D. Turner, a member of the detective force, last September. ? A party of twenty-five colored people recently left Rock Hill and Fort Mill for Texas. ? But little more than half the taxes for the present year have been paid in Greenville county. ? Steel rails are being laid along the Col-1 umbia and Greenville Railroad below and above Greenwoo 1. The road will soon have steel rails on the whole line. ? Girard, eldest sou of Mr. and Mrs. Brainerd McLure, died in Chester on Wednesday of last week, aged three years and two months. ? Col. R. C. Watts, the junior-editor of the Laurensville Herald, was recently married to a daughter of Col. E. B. C. Cash, of Chesterfield county. ? W. J. Villeneuve was shot and seriously wounded at Lancaster, on Saturday last, by one McNinch. The latter was from Chester, and was in the employ of Villeneuve, who is the proprietor of a marble yard. MeNinch was arrested and lodged in jail. ? The joint Legislative committee on registration and election laws has completed the preparation of its report. It is understood the rcnort will recommend the adoption * ? - ?I _ I of a system of registration in pursuance of the | requirement of the Constitution. ? During the races at the State Fair, in Columbia, last Thursday, Dr. J. B. Patrick, Jr., of Charleston, while crossing the track, was struck by a horse. His head was cut, wrist fractured and ankle hurt. His injuries are not considered very serious. ? Governor Hagood has issued a proclamation, appointing Thursday, the 24th day of this mouth, as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God for the numberless blessings and mercies which have been bestowed upon us as a people. ? In Edgefield county, 1,913 white voters have petitioned /or the passage of a stock law, while 1,091 have petitioned against it. There are eight townships yet to hear from. The Democratic vote of the county numbers about 3,000. ? A ride through the pine woods just north of Camden, says the Journal, will show what effect the drouth had upon the trees. Thousands of the large pine trees have died for lack of moisture in the soil. Such a thing has never been known in that section before. ? Spfihnrn Sober, the Newberrv netrro ac cused of whipping his child to death, has been acquitted. One physician testified that from the girl's heels to her head there was not a finger's width between the cuts and bruises, and expressed his opiniou that death j was the result of the beating. Another phy- j sician, however, thought death was caused by I pneumonia. ? Gen. John I?. Erwin, of Lancaster, has i recently secured, through the Commissioner of Immigration, nine white laborers who are employed on his farm near the town of Lan caster. Gen. Erwin informs the Review that he is "perfectly satisfied that they will eventually make the best kind of farm hands, and says that he put them all in the cotton field, and they averaged sixty pounds of cotton apiece the first day. This was the first time they had ever tried their hands at picking cotton." ? The Chester Bulletin is responsible for j the following stories: "A mule on Mr. II. L. i Stroud's place, a few days ago, while rubbing j itself in a stable, got the hook of a pair of steelyards in its eye, and thus jerked down j a rafter from which the steelyards were sus? '"J T'V.o ora ? a a ha.-ilv hurt hilt if WHS I pCUUCU 1 110 Cjv HUO WMUIJ uu* v} wmv ? .. a mule's eye and soon got well. It seems that horses can stand a good deal, too. The horse belonging to Mr. T. W. Lipford that broke j its neck (?) a few day3 ago, is still in the j land of the living!" ? The Bulletin of last week says that suit | has been brought by the widow of Jasper j Sledge, of Chester county, against the Cheraw ; and Chester Railroad Company, to recover J 815,000 damages for the killing of Sledge j two years ago. Sledge was killed by the breaking of the windlass of the flat at the; railroad ferry, the windlass striking him : in the back and inflicting mortal wounds from which he died a few days after. The j river was very high at the time, and Sledge ^ was acting as ferryman of his own volition, i the ferryman aud other employees of tlie road i refusing to attempt to cross the river. ? The Board of Directors of the State Pen-1 itentiary met in C olumbia on Tuesday night, of last week, aud annulled the coutract with ! Mr. Seegers, whereby they were to furnish j him one hundred hands another year, and en-1 tered into a new contract whereby they are to i furnish him twenty-five hands for two years ! at 85 apiece per month, free of expense to the State. From the earnings of the institution and the unexpended balance of the appropriation of 1880, there remained on hand, at the close of the last fiscal year, 821,133.43. Under legislative enactmeut the institution was to retain and use this, and in addition to what they had on hand the State appropriated 823,600, none of which has been touched, and the board has returned the last amount to the State. The institution has in bank to its credit 821,199.99, and expects to-realize about 812,000 from the farm. They have also made about 820,000 worth of improvements in the institution and have on hand a large quantity of brick. No appropriation will be asked for the present fiscal year. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Adjutant General Johnston Jones has removed from Morgantou to Asheville. ? Two syndicates to buy the Cape Fear and Yadkiu Valley Railroad, running from FayMi . 1 1 L. - etieviiie 10 ureensuoro, ami iu ue e&ieuueu from Fayetteville to Wilmington and from Greensboro to Mt. Airy, are expected to make bids this week. The understanding is that the road is to be run northwest towards the Ohio river. ? When the N. C. Conference was first established, in 1837, it had a membership of about 15,000. It now numbers 37,295 church members and 181 traveling preachers, and the question of dividing the Conference will be called for consideration at the approaching session. ? In the whisky case of W. R.Cochrane as to the legality of the city ordinance, in operation for a few months this year in Charlotte, forbidding the sale of liquor in that city, Judge Avery has decided that the ordinance was valid. An appeal from this decision will be taken. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Sale of the Carolina Ceutral. The Carolina Central Railroad, running from Wilmington to Shelby, has been purchased by John M. Robinson, President of the Bay Line of Steamers, for the Seaboard Air-Line route, embracing the Seaboard and Roanoke, the Raleigh and Gaston and Raleigh & Augusta Air Line rail ways. The statement has been made that Mr. Edward Matthews and his wife, of New York, who claimed to own a large interest in the road, would contest this sale; but the Raleigh Observer, of Monday, says that all difficulties in the way of tbe sale of the Btock of Mr. and Mrs. Matthews having beeu removed, the bargain was consummated last Saturday. The Observer also says : "The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company is the purchaser, and now holds the majority of the stock of the Carolina Central Railroad Company. Captain Murchison is to remain president of the road. The new arrangement will he a great benefit to all concerned." The South-Western Cotton Crop. Special dispatches to the New Orleans Democrat of last Saturday, bIiow the following condition of the cotton crop in the States named: Alabama reports show no change in the conditiou of the crops. The yield is now estimated at 80 per cent, of that of last year. lo Louisiana, rain has fallen, but generally no damage has been done, except to interfere with the marketing of the crop in some parishes. Unpicked cotton is seriously damaged in quality, and perhaps in quantity. About nine-tenths of the cotton is picked ; labor is scarce; the roads are in terrible condition and cotton cannot be moved. Many farmers are holding back for better prices. In Mississippi, one fifth of the crop remains unpicked; rain has fallen for a week, doing some damage; the yield is now estimated at 85 per cent, of last year's crop. In Tennessee, the weather ha3 been rainy and very unfavorable for picking. The yield !e nnw psfimufpd jif. 57 npr rent, of last vear : w MV" w"v?7? ----- x? - j ? / about four-ninths of the crop has been marketed, while five-ninths reraaiu in the hands of farmers and producers. In Texas, a heavy rainfall is interfering with picking and damaging the crop remaining in the fields. About 90 per cent, of the cotton is picked and about three-quarters has been marketed. The Governorship. We take the following from the Winnsboro New in connection with the name of Gen. Bratton as the choice of many people for the next Governor of the State: A paragraph has appeared in some of our exchanges to the effect that "General Bratton has resigned his chances for the governorship in favor of General Kennedy." We are not able to trace it to its source and do not know how it got into circulation. We have had no opportunity of interviewing cither of the gentlemen in question, but from what we know of them, we feel justified in saying that neither is responsible for this squib. It is early in the noniTQM noru aa rl v inrloort tn nut nnv Sllnh V~W.U.WW, .W. J WM...J , _..j report in circulation. No possible good can come of it, whether propagated in good faith or not. Without having had any communication with General Bratton on the subject, our knowledge of him and his high appreciation of public duty, justifies us in saying that the report in question is without foundation. Gen. Bratton has always held that public office is not a personal perquisite, to be claimed for one's self or declined in favor of anyone else. Although prominent in the councils of the State since the war, and an earnest worker in every movement undertaken for the good of the people, he has ever shruuk from claiming any reward therefor, because he believes it is for the people and them alone to make the selection. He has long been the choice of a large portion of the State for governor, and we believe still is; and his friends are determined that he shall not be crowded oft'the track by newspaper squibs in advance of the opening of the canvass. The Elections Last Week. Elections were held in various States of the Union on Tuesday of last week, with the following results: Connecticut?Senate, 17 Republicans, 7 Democrats; House, 147 Republicans, 100 i Democrats. Virginia elects Cameron, Readjuster, Gov- j ernor by about 10,000 majority. The Legis- j lature, according to the best estimates that; can now be made, stands: House?Readjust- j ers, 57; Democrats, 43; Senate?Readjusters, i 22; Democrats, 18 ; majority for Readjusters j on joint ballot 18. Minnesota went Republican by a reduced majority as compared with the last vote?the Democrats gaining correspondingly. Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Massachusetts and Wisconsin gave Republican majorities. In Maryland the Republicans gained unexpected victories in several Democratic coun-1 ties. The next Senate will stand, according to the present estimate, 16 Democrats and 10 Republicans. In the last Senate there were 7 Republicans and 19 Democrats. Based on the same estimates, the House will stand 59 Democrats and 32 Republicans. Mississippi gives Lowry, Democratic candidate for Governor, a majority of from 20, 000 to 30,000 over King, Independent. 1 Three-fourths of both branches of the Legislature will be Democratic. New Jersey reports Democratic gains in the Legislature, but still has a Republican majority. The status of the next Legislature is about as follows : Senate, Republicans 13, Democrats 8?Democratic gain of 3 ; House of Assembly, Republicans 30?a Democratic gain of 4. In New York State the Democrats carried the Legislature for the first time since the election of Gov. Hoffman, in 1870, and gained one Democratic Congressman, and elected a part of the State ticket. Blaine's Southern Tonr. The Washington Post has the following in reference to Secretary Blaine's projected visit to the Southern States : Many influential Southern newspapers are pleased at the announcement that Secretary Rlaino in ferula fo mnlre n. Southern tour this Winter, and express the hope that it will open his eyes to the true state of affairs in that section and be the occasion of an acquirement of information regarding it, which he does not now possess. This will not be exactly the result. Southern people will find out more of Mr. Blaine than he is likely to learn of the Southern people. They will discover that the Secretary is a very pleasant gentleman and a most agreeable companion, and that he has no more enmity toward the South than any other section of the country. They will make up their minds that he has never believed any of the outrageous charges and bloody shirt Blanders which for many years have formed so large a part of his political speeches, and that his use of campaign thunder of that sort is intended solely to influence Northern voters and not to work at all to the detriment of Southern people. There is a question as to whether a man of the mental stature of the Secretary be justified in wholesale denunciation of a people for political purposes, but there can be none as to his disbelief in all of it. On the other hand, Mr. Blaine has very little to learn. As a student, a politician and a close observer of men and events, he is as thoroughly acquainted with the political, social and material condition of the South as if he had been a yearly visitant within her borders. He knows exactly why the intelligence, respectability and wealth of that section has not, cannot and will not, aid and comfort the organization of which he is an eminent leader. No, it is not Blaine, who is yet to know the Southern people, but the Southern people who do not know Blaine, that should take advantage of an opportunity for a better acquaintance likely to be offered before many months. The Blue and the Gray. During the meeting in Cincinnati, on Tuesday evening, of the recently formed exCoufederute organization, a remarkable scene occurred. While the the association was still k?%dinA.na A T-i'nU m ^AnO UUi'U[Jicu nun uuoiucoo, a i ioii? uuui uvuo, Dickinson and Stanhope and Capt. Fitzpatrick of the Union army was announced. They had come to pay their respects and cultivate a friendly feeling between the associations representing the two contending armies in the late war. No sooner was their arrival announced, than all business on the part of the Confederate body was dropped and a scene of the wildest confusion occurred. The whole body rushed towafd the representatives of the Union army and fairly bore them upon their arms to the speaker's stand. Shouts of welcome filled the hall, and the visitors were nearly tprn to pieces by the precipitate efforts to shake with them. Speeches were required of them as soon as order could be restored, and happy responses were made by Confederates. Theodore Hallara, an ex Confederate officer, arose to say that for once the Yankees were outnumbered and would submit to their captors unconditionally. This was the signal for the bringing in of refreshments, and the giving of the greeting in a stilt more cordial manner. Previous to the entrance of the Union officers the Confederates had under consideration the presenting of a memorial to Mrs. Garfield. It was decided that the resolutions which were adopted by the association at the time of the late President's death, and really led to the formation of a permauent organization, should be previously framed and conveyed to Mrs. Garfield by a committee in person. These resolutions were widely published at the time of their adoption, and their spirit drew out most favorable comments in all parts of the country. The association is largely made up of ex-Confederate officers, who are now prominently connected with industries in Cincinnati. The State Fair. The press of Columbia, as well as correspondents from abroad, pronounce the State Fair at Columbia, last week, a great success, the number of entries being about 2,300?a larger number than at any previous State Fair. The exhibition of horses is spoken of as haviug been very fine, and that of cattle better than heretofore, particularly those of fine breeds. There were also many fine hogs, and a considerable number and creditable display of sheep and goats. The field crop department, including small grains and samples of cotton, contained a very good selection. Of agricultural or horticultural profiling fhfl nnlv definienev wea in the nrnduc -J I tions of the garden, owing to the extreme dry weather during the summer. The poultry exhibit was good. In the household and fancy department the display was full, and the articles generally of a high order of merit. The department of agricultural implements was well filled, with an exhibit of the most approved implements and farming machinery. The premium list is quite lengthy. Among those to whom premiums or diplomas were awarded, we note the following of York and Chester counties: R. A. Love, Chester?Devon bull calf; Devon cow 3 years old; Devon heifer calf; Ayrshire heifer; Ayrshire heifer, 1 to 2 years old ; Ayrshire bull, 3 years old; South- i down buck, 3 premiums for 3 different grades; i best sample of hay ; horse; heavy draft geld- i ing. Miss H. G. Leckie, Chester?Counterpane; < scarf; specimen of worsted ; gloves; overshoes ; cigar stand. Miss A. J. Graham, Chester?Lace. Mrs. W. B. Robertson, Chester?Preserves. I. McD. Hood, Chester?Light draft filly ; heavy draft gelding. < John R. London, York?Engine. i B. H. Massey, York?Rye; grape wine; i gourds. R. J. Latta, York?Barley ; oats; grass i seed. i The following officers of the State Agricul- \ tural and Mechanical Society were elected ' ] for the ensuing year : President, D. P. Dun- I can; vice-presidents, E. R. Mclver, W. G. i Hinson, A. P. Butler, B. H. Massey, J. Wash, t Watts ; executive committee, B. F. Crayton, i Isaac S. Bamberg, E. L. Roche, J. N. Hoff- < man, L. C. Thompson, W. A. Clarke, John i K. Vance; secretary and treasurer, T. W. i Holloway. ? THE YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. PROSPECTUS FOR 1882. I If issuing our prospectus for 1882, we deem it only necessary to announce that the leading features which have characterized the editorial conduct of the Yorkvillk Enquirer for the past quarter of a century will he retained, and what it has heen in the past will be an assuranco of what it shall be in the future. The leading departments of the paper will be retained as heretofore, and they will be conducted with the same labor and care that have marked our efforts in the past. While the Literary and Miscellaneous features of the Enquirer will be kept up to the standard which lias given the paper a distinctive character, careful attention will also be given to the News department, which will embrace a record of the leading events at the State and National Capitals; Congressional and Legislative Proceedings; "Scraps and Facts," lieing a hotchSotch of light current topics; a coinpend of the fews Abroad and at Home ; General Correspondence ; Market Reports; Ixical County and State News; Editorial Articles upon appropriate subjects intended to promote the welfare and prosperity of our State and people, which will, we trust, continue to render the Enquirer a welcome and entertaining Family Journal. Terms of Subscriptions-Free of Postage. Single copy, one year 82 f>0 Twp copies, one year, 4 (K) One copy two years 4 00 PREMIUMS TO CLUB-MAKERS. 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It is adapted to all the wants of family sewing; can be readily comprehended by any one; runs easily ; is always ready ; will do any and all kinds of sewing with less changing and fewer extra attachments; is self-adjusting; is a two-thread Machine, making an elastic lockstitch ; and stands solid and firm. The Stoves are made by the Sergeant Manufacturing Company, of Greensboro N. C. They are made of the best Scotch pig metal, with heavier and thicker plate than any other Stove in the market, and consequently will the longer withstand heat and hard usage. They are of a handsome pattern and neat finish, aud warranted equal in points of appearance, durability and superior cooking qualities, to any stove manufactured in the Union. Thousands of them are in use in Virginia, North and South Carolina, and they give universal satisfaction. The above Premiums will be delivered to the successful competitors at the Enquirer office, free of charges for freight. CONDITIONS. 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All subscriptions will be discontinued at the expiration of the time paid for. A separate list will bo kept for each club-maker, who will be credited with eyery name sent, so that the number returned by any person can be ascertained at a moment's notice. Persons who commence making clubs, will not be permitted, after the names have been entered upon our books, to transfer the names to another club-maker's list. The time in which additions may be made to clubs, under this proposition, will expire on the FIRST MONDAY OF MARCH, 1882. Therefore, persons who desire the benefit of club rates, must subscribe and pay for the paper before that date, as after the expiration of that time, it will not be furnished for less than $2.50 unless new clubs are formed. All letters should be addressed to L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C. November 17,1881. 40 tf THE CONFEDERATE ASSETS. The New York Herald publishes a detailed schedule of property belonging to the late Confederate States, both in Europe and the United States, furnished to the government by various parties who were applicants for contracts to recover the same for the United States. The only sum collected by these agents was 8100,000 on which the expenses Bppfl #95 000 lcavinor #5 000 tn he turned in MWIV vvw,vv"l ? *-? #? ? to the treasury. At that time there were three rival agents at work, and their divvies and sums paid for information very nearly exhausted the principal. According to the schedule the whole value of the assets amounted to $40,828,992, of which $11,000,000 were in the United States. There are five items footing up $9,760,000, for which the English firm of Fraser, Trenholm & Co., was liable, including the value of cotton, army and navy equipments and stores re-shipped to the firm from Havana, St. Georges and Nassau, after j the surrender of Gen. Lee, and the proceeds of eight steamers and Eufield rifle machinery. ! Though this firm was said to own property in Columbia and Charleston, S. C., and Savannah Georgia, valued at $14,000,000, no steps were taken to attach it as security for repayment. The schedule contains thirty-two j items, and the following include the principal amounts : Eleven million dollars is said tube deposited with rebel agents in Vienna, Frank fort, Amsterdam, Paris and Loudon ; rebel iron works in Scotland valued at 6300,000 ; sixteen cases of silver, value unknown, in the hands of a rebel agent at St. Georges, Bermuda ; rifle cannon machinery in the possession of responsible London parties, valued at $1000,000 ; eighty chronometers, valued at 640,000, captured by the Florida and Ala- j baraa ; seven tons of specie, 6224,000 ; a ; Danish frigate, for which 61,000,000 was | paid ; shoes and blankets valued at 6506,292, which were sold in New York, the proceeds Df which could be recovered ; and 6983,000 in money in the hands of a Confederate agent in Paris. There are also the proceeds derived from the sale of the steamers Hansa, Falcon, Grelyn, Greyhound, Pelican, Roseuburg, City Df Richmond, Whisper, Abegail, Florence,! Louisa Wallace, Eugene, Ptarmigan, Edith,; Lydia, Rappahannock, Palmerston, Alexan- j iria, Rattlesnake, Mary Augusta, Cylone, j Tornado, Harriet Pinckuey, Old Dominion,! City of Petersburg and Colonel Lamb? imounting to 63,537,000. In addition, there ! ire six items of Confederate property in the j United States, valued at 611,000,000, consist- 1 ng of iron-works and lands, flouring mills, 11 raachine shops, foundries and railroads in j j Marion and Davies counties, Texas, and in ! Northern Alabama, and cotton shipped from j Memphis, Brownsville, Galveston and Mata- j noras, after the end of the war. The Herald !1 rusts that this list will not induce any one to j nvest in the worthless old paper of the "lost j, :ause," and conjectures that the whole thing j s more shadowy and unsubstantial than the maginary millions awaiting American claim- ^ mts in Loudon aud Amsterdam. f LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Withers Adickes?Seasonable Goods. Latimer & Hemphill?Millinery. II. P. Adickes, Jr.?All Persons Indebted?The York Shoe Store?Our Dry Goods Department. T. M. Dobson?News Column for the New York House?Emporium of Fashion. J. M. Adams?New Goods?They All Do It?Pot Ware?Wooden Ware? Hard ware. L. M. Grist?The Yorkville Enquirer?Prospectus for 1882. .TohnC. Kuykendal? Splinters. Dobson it Parish?Crockery. R. Lathan, School Commissioner?School Notice. SEND US THE NEWS. We respectfully request our friends in every section of the county, to send us a statement of any local nows that may transpire in their respective localities, such as accidents, fires, marriages, deaths, and also the condition of the crops, the state of the weather, Ac. Such communications should be restricted to giving an outline of the facts, and will be written out in the office for publication. Such articles should always be accompanied by the proper name of the writer, not, however, for publication, but asevidence of good faith. If our friends throughout the county would give this matter their attention, they would confer upon us a favor, while it would render the Enquirer more interesting to the readers generally throughout the county. MORE FINE TURNIPS. Mr. J. A. Davidson brought to our office the other day a turnip of his raising that weighed Bix pounds. COTTON SHIPMENTS. The shipments of cotton from the depot in this place for the week ending last Monday, were 31G bales ; to same date Bince 1st of September, 2,495 bales. TAX COLLECTIONS. Up to the time of closing the tax books, on Thursday night last, Treasurer Neely had collected 865,536.68 on account of the State ann County taxes. There remains unpaid on the books about 84,500, a part of which is under protest, and a part is the result of errors in returns. RETURNED HOME. We are glad to learn that Ed. C. McLure, Esq., a native of Chester, but for the last eight years a cilizen of Texas, has returned to his old home, where he contemplates residj ing permanently, being satisfied that there is "no place like home." His many friends in this section will welcome his return, and wish i him the most abundant prosperity in his return to the land of his nativity. He will resume the practice of law. ? . ? ? CHURCH NOTICES. Services will be held in the churches next Sunday as follows: Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Services at 10}. A. M., on Saturday, and Communion services on Sunday, preaching to commence at 10} A. M. SiinHnu onlinnl at Q A M Church of the Good Shepherd?Episcopal? Rev. R. P. Johnson, Rector. The rector will officiate in the church of Our Saviour at Rock Hill next Sunday. Presbyterian?Rev. -T. R. English, Pastor. Services at the usual hours, morning and evening. A CASE OF DESERTION. On Tuesday, the 8th instant, a man giving his name as Gudden H. Hatley, was married to Mrs. Margaret Helms, whose maiden name was Margaret Whitaker, a widow living near the Chester and Lenoir Railroad, about five miles above town. On the following Thursday, Hatley decamped for parts unknown, taking with him eighty-five dollars belonging to the newly-made, but now disconsolate bride. Hatley bails from Stanley county, N. C. He was employed during the past summer on a farm near Bethel. He is described as being about 26 years old, 5 feet 8 iuches high, with fair complexion, gray eyes, dark hair and whiskers, and weighs 150 pounds. The de serted wife is much his senior. HOMICIDE AT FOHT MILL. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, a fatal shooting affray occurred at Fort Mill, in this county, between Jame3 H. Sutton, a young man, son of Alexander C. Sutton, well known throughout the county, and Nathaniel T. Gibson, in which the last named was almost iustautly killed. The facts attending the unfortunate occurrence, as we are enabled to gather thera, are about as follows : Mr. Gibson was a constable, and in the capacity of that office bad served a process on the property of W. M. H. Hay worth, a brother-in-law of Sutton. The levy was made while Hayworth was outside of this State. It is alleged that after the house was locked up by the constable, be charged Sutton with assisting in removing some articles from it, on which he had levied by virtue of the judgment in his hands as constable. On the day of the shooting, Gibson and Hayworth met in the streets of Fort Mill, and an altercation ensued between them relative to the levy and the alleged removal of some of the articles levied upon. This quarrel ending without recourse to violence by either, the parties, later iu the day, met at the postoffice, where was also Sutton. The quarrel was then renewed, when Gibson made some remarks to which Sutton took offence. Pistols were drawn by both parties, Gibson, at the time, standing inside the post-office door, and Sutton outside. Seven shots were fired?three by one party and four by the other?but as to who fired the first shot we have not been able to ascertain with any degree of certainty. Gibson received a mortal wound, and fell without speaking, expiring almost immediately. One ball passed through the left skirt of Sutton's coat. Otherwise he was uninjured. Immediately after Gibson fell, Sutton walked away from the scene. Trial Justice T. G. Culp, acting as coroner, irapannelled a jury of inquest, composed 01 W. H. Stewart, Foreman; T. B. Withers, A. W. Parks, J. B. Hunter, J. M. Herman, A. A. Young, E. S. Warreu, F. H. Johnston, A. J. Downs, A. R. Kimbrell, P. K. Mull and T. D. Faulkner, who, after taking testimony, returned a verdict that "N. T. Gibson came to his death at Fort Mill, on the 9th day of November, 1881, by a leaden bullet fired from a pistol in the hands of Jas. H. Sutton, ; striking the said N. T. Gibson in his right | side, just below the fourth rib, causing almost I immediate death, and that W. M, H. Hay- 1 worth is accessory to the crime," Sutton came on to Yorkville on Thursday and surrendered himself to the Sheriff*, and ( Hayworth has been arrested as an accessory, I and is also in jail. ! Mr. Sutton is represented as a quiet, peace ful citizen, an industrious man, and a very , mccessful farmer. The victim of the uufor tuDate affair was also a man of good standing iu that section. He is a native of Stokes county, N. C., from which place he came to Charlotte, where he was iu business for a while, and then, about six years ago, moved to Fort Mill. He will be remembered as the prosecutor in the miscegeneration case tried at the last term of York Circuit Court. He leaves a wife and two small children. MERE-MENTION. A slight Democratic defeat is reported from Austin Texas. The Republicans elected the Mayor of that city on Tuesday of last week. The United States are importing potatoes from Ireland. Geo. Grant carries $100,000 insurauce on his life. The product of gold and silver in the States and Territories for the fiscal year ending June 30, was, according to the report of the director of the mint?gold. 830.000,000 ; silver, 839,000,000. Mrs. Garfield has taken up her residence in Cleveland. Her brother, Mr. Rudolph, has been appointed adrainistor of her deceased husband's estate In his report, the Surgeon-General of the United States Army says that during the past year the total number of deaths amoug white'troops was 198, or nine per thousand ; and the total number of deaths of colored soldiers was 48, or twenty per thousand. There are fifty-three Saturdays in this year. Christmas and New Year's day fall upon Sunday On the 25th of October last, Queen Victoria completed the fortyfourth year of her reign. The capitol of Texas, at Austin, was destroyed by fire on the 10th instant. Loss about $150,000. Separation from Great Britain is becoming a topic of common discussion in the Canadian journals. Mr. Algernon Sartoris and his wife, the daughter of General Grant, arrived in New York on Saturday with two of their three children, and drove at once to the new residence of the ex-President. Mississippi has increased 300,000 in population during the last ten years. An acccount of a Chicago funeral says that the burial casket "was made to conform as far as possible with the comforts the occupant was *! !/ _ iL. I L ^ wont to surround nimsen wuu ia iue uuiue nu has left." Seventy witnesses have been summoned to appear for the government in Guiteau's trial. The trade of Macon, Georgia, in morphine alone, is worth $10,000 a year, that is, morphine aud opium togeth- . er. The President has accepted the resignation of Attorney-General MacVeagh. GUITEAU'S TRIAL. The trial of the assassin was begun last Monday. The statement is made that the government will be active in its efforts to break down the insanity defence of Guiteau. Detectives, in the person of surgeons, are em* ployed to visit the jail and examine Guiteau's physical and mental condition. As Guiteau is always anxious to converse there is no dif- ficulty in the matter. He willingly subjects himself to an examination of his body. Guiteau says he does not object to this, although men who call themselves surgeons poke him about the ribs and arms to see if he is sound. One of these experts, Guiteau says, called himself Dr. Smith, and professed to be & surgeon, anxious to know if the prisoner's ribs were sound. Mr. Scoville, attorney for the accused, says he has no objection whatever to experts making examinations in behalf of the government. He wishes them to have a free course in their examination, as this will only help to establish the fact of the prisoner's insanity. The question for the court to consider is whether Guiteau was in- \ sane when he shot President Garfield. He says he can discern a decided difference in Guiteau at different times, and that his insanity is unquestionably chronic in its nature. At times Guiteau is calm, and on other days excitable and wild in his manner and speech. He is not only glad of an opportunity to talk, but converses freely with any one, consequently he is a good subject for medical experts to examine. The following is an account of the preliminary proceedings in the trial on Monday: There was hardly any noticeable excitement outside the building and no very great pressure to obtain admission to the Court room, as soon as the public doors were opened the spectators' seats were immediately filled; for the most part with a rather roughly dressed set of young men, including many who would come under the designation of ''roughs" "tramps" and "cranks." Some half dozen ladies got sand witched in among the crowd. In the meantime the lawyers in the case had got into their seats, the District Attorney, Judge Porter, of New York, and Walter D. Davidge, of Washington, for prosecution, and Mr. Scoville and Leigh Robinson for the defense. Mrs. Scoville occupied a seat close to her husband, having her brother John on one side and her brother, the prisoner on the other. At ten o'clock Judge Walter S. Cox entered the Court room aud Court was declared formally opened by the crier in an old Norman form. Immediately thereafter the prisoner Guiteau was brought into the Court room bv the marshal and his deputies. He looked in much better condition physically and otherwise, than when he last appeared in thesame room to plead to the indictment. Still, he bad the sume restless, furtive expression, as of a hunted wolf, which characterized him before. He was at once relieved of his hand- cuds and took his seat beside bis sister. One of his first movements was to thrust bis hand in one of his pockets and half take out a roll of paper. Mr. Scoville, however, in dumb play, ordered him to put it back, and be did so. Then the District Attorney rose and declared the readiness of the prosecution to proceed with the case. Mr. Robinson arose to make his plea for still more time to prepare for the defense, which appeared not to meet the approval of Guiteau. All the time that Kobinson was speaking Guiteau was carrying on what appeared to be remonstrances with Scoville, who apparently tried to quiet and suppress him. No sooner had Kobinson taken his seat than the prisoner rose, and, in au excited manner, addressed the Court, and stated that he wished to be heard. In vain Mr. Scoville endeavored to make him resume his seat and remain quiet. He was irrepressible, and in a nervous but pretty distinct manner, he proceeded with'a speech, as follows: "I was not aware that my counsel, Mr. Robinson, intended this morning to make application for postponement, and I desire to be heard in my own behalf in this matter at the threshold of the case. I am charged with a murderous attempt and desire to be heard in my own behalf? The Court?"This is not the proper time to enter upon the defense. The only question before the Court is whether further time jhould be allowed counsel to prepare for the Jefense." The prisoner (emphatically)?"So far as I itn concerned, I don't want any further time. We are ready to try the case now." (To the