Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-03-18
Reduction In the Price of Sugars.

The New fork Times, OF recent date
says:
''Refned Sugars have been reduced fully two
cents per pound from the high hest figures made
during the recent speculative RISE Best Crushed
and Grarulated Sugar (Stuart's) is now quoted at
eighteen cents cash per pound, in lots OF twenty
packages and upward
The New Speaker of the House.
The Office of Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatiyes has rapidly risen in importance since
the formation of the government. 1t is now the
third in rank of all positions in the government,
and in point of importance, is second only to the
Presidency, to which it may easily be made step
ping stone, in the hands of men Of first class abili
ties The man who occupies it is, during his term
Of Office, very prominently before the eyes Of his
countrymen The following brief sketch Of MIR.
Blaine life will, therefore, be interesting at the
present time:
''The Hon. James G.. Blaine, the new Speaker
of the House of Representative, has been six
years a member of Congress He was born in
Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1880. Af
ter graduating at Washington College, he emigra.
ted to Maine, where he successfully edited the
Portland Adrertiser and Kennebec Journal He
was elected to the State Legislature, and was twice
Speaker of the House He is all active politician,
and has borne prominent part in the business
and debates of Congress" "
The 41st Congress-.
The Washington Erpress furnishes the fol-
lowing as the composition of the foFty-6rst Con-
gress, now in session.
of 2e4 members, all told. OF these, the Senate
has 66, and the House 22S-that is, 200 members
from the States and delegates from the Terrific
ries The Senate is divided politically into Re.
publicans, Sc, Democrats, 10. Senators from
Georgia excluded from this count. The House
stands: Republicans l52, Democrats, 76. There
are several contested seats, which may vary the
result somewhat, but not ially. The States
Of Virginia, Mississippi, are as yet 'un-
reconstructed" and h Fesentation in
Congress. The House IS diVio00lB present polit-
icay in the ratio of one to two-that is, it is ex-
aety two-thirds Republican. The admission of
the Georgia members and those from other excud-
ded States will destroy this equipoise and make
the House more than ne.third Democratic Con-
necticut elects four members Of Congress in April,
and New Hampshire three in March. The 2lst
District of Pennsylvania is contested and there is
no sitting member therefrom. Florida has one
member to choose. The Georgia delegation is in
LHe OOLtulttec VI ClecuOusi dHu AldUdhua Has uol
yet chosen members to the present Congress.
The New Secretary of State.
The Baltimore Sun gives the following
sketch of Hon. Hamilton Fish, of New York, re-
Gently appointed Secretary of State:
"Hc is the son of Major Nicholas Fish, of the
revolutionary army and is now the successor of
General Washington as president general of the
Cincinnati Society. Mr.. Fish was, in politics, as
We stated an old line whig, and as such was elec-
ted to the State Legislature, to the United States
Senate, to the National House of Representatives,
and made Governor of the State of New York.
He has not acted with the radicals, thong decided
enough in bis republicanism as against the demo-
cratic party. He is an old New York Kuicker-
booker, independent in means, untainted in char
acter, and sufficiently imbued with what is due to
his high Office to be socially and otherwise accep-
table in conducting our foreign affairs He is not
supposed to be at all skilled in the art of sharp
diplomacy, but in plain, straightforward work we
believe be will maintain the right side with that
dignity and earnestness which will make up for al
other Deficiencies. Mr.. Fish, however, is no poll.
tician, in the worst meaning of that much abused
word. Mr.. Fish is sixty years ofage, having been
born in New York city in lSO9 After graduating
from Columbia College, he was admitted to the
bar in 1880: In 1881 he was elected to the New
York Legislature. From lS43 to lS45 he occupied
seat in Congress. On the expiration of his gu
bernatorial term in 1851 he was chosen United
States Senator, and in 1857 he retired from public
life, but since then has taken an active interest
both in public affairs and in many Of the benevo-
lent and literary institutions of the day."